New York S 9610: Requires that county clerks and sheriffs in the city of New York be elected

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S09610 Summary:

BILL NOS09610 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLANZA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Art 13 §13, Constn

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Requires that county clerks and sheriffs in the city of New York be elected instead of appointed.

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BILL NOS09610 

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03/30/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

05/04/2026TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

05/27/2026OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9610

 IN SENATE

 March 30, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

 proposing an amendment to article 13 of the constitution, in relation to
 requiring county clerks and sheriffs in the city of New York be
 elected

 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That paragraph (a) of
 2 section 13 of article 13 of the constitution be amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 (a) Except [in counties in the city of New York and except] as author-
 5 ized in section one of article nine of this constitution, registers in
 6 counties having registers shall be chosen by the electors of the respec-
 7 tive counties once in every three years and whenever the occurring of
 8 vacancies shall require; the sheriff and the clerk of each county shall
 9 be chosen by the electors once in every three or four years as the
 10 legislature shall direct. Sheriffs shall hold no other office. They may
 11 be required by law to renew their security, from time to time; and in
 12 default of giving such new security, their offices shall be deemed
 13 vacant. The governor may remove any elective sheriff, county clerk,
 14 district attorney or register within the term for which [he or she] such
 15 officer shall have been elected; but before so doing the governor shall
 16 give to such officer a copy of the charges against [him or her] such
 17 officer and an opportunity of being heard in [his or her] their defense.
 18 In each county a district attorney shall be chosen by the electors once
 19 in every three or four years as the legislature shall direct. The clerk
 20 of each county in the city of New York shall [be appointed, and be
 21 subject to removal, by the appellate division of the supreme court in
 22 the judicial department in which the county is located. In], in addition
 23 to [his or her] such clerk's powers and duties as clerk of the supreme
 24 court, [he or she] shall have power to select, draw, summon and empanel
 25 grand and petit jurors in the manner and under the conditions now or
 26 hereafter prescribed by law, and shall have such other powers and duties
 27 as shall be prescribed by the city from time to time by local law.
 28 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
 29 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD89139-01-6

 S. 9610 2

 1 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in
 2 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be
 3 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.

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