New York S 5758: Relates to residency requirements for inspectors of plumbing in the city of Rochester

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S05758 Summary:

BILL NOS05758 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06953-A

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSRHELMING

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §48, Gen City L

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Provides that in the city of Rochester plumbing inspectors shall be citizens and residents of the county in which the city is located.

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BILL NOS05758 

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02/28/2025REFERRED TO CITIES 2

05/12/20251ST REPORT CAL.999

05/13/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/14/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/04/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A6953A

&nbspA06953 AMEND=A Bronson

&nbsp03/18/2025referred to cities

&nbsp03/25/2025reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp04/01/2025amend and recommit to ways and means

&nbsp04/01/2025print number 6953a

&nbsp04/07/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp04/07/2025reported 

&nbsp04/07/2025rules report cal.144

&nbsp04/07/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.144

&nbsp04/09/2025passed assembly

&nbsp04/09/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp04/09/2025REFERRED TO CITIES 2

&nbsp06/04/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S5758

&nbsp06/04/20253RD READING CAL.999

&nbsp06/04/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/04/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp09/05/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp09/10/2025signed chap.376

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5758

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 2

 AN ACT to amend the general city law, in relation to a residency
 exemption for plumbing inspectors in the city of Rochester

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 48 of the general city law, as separately amended
 2 by chapters 173 and 279 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 § 48. Inspectors; qualifications; notice. The local board of health or
 5 an official or board designated by local law of such city, as the case
 6 may be shall detail, designate or appoint an inspector or inspectors of
 7 plumbing, subject, however, to the provisions or limitations of law,
 8 regulating the appointment of such inspectors by such board of health or
 9 an official or board designated by local law of such city. All inspec-
 10 tors of plumbing who are detailed, designated or appointed shall be
 11 practical plumbers and shall not be engaged directly or indirectly in
 12 the business of plumbing, during the period of their appointment. They
 13 shall be citizens and actual residents of the city in which they are
 14 appointed; except in the cities of Cortland and Corning, where such
 15 inspectors shall be citizens and actual residents of the county or coun-
 16 ties wherein the city is situated, or in an abutting or adjacent county;
 17 except in the city of Rochester, where such inspectors shall be citizens
 18 and actual residents of the county wherein the city is situated; except
 19 in the city of Watertown, where such inspectors shall be citizens and
 20 actual residents of the county wherein the city is situated except in
 21 the city of Middletown, where such inspectors shall be citizens and
 22 actual residents of the county wherein the city is situated, or within a
 23 twenty-five mile radius of the city of Middletown as long as such
 24 inspectors are citizens and actual residents of this state; except in
 25 the city of Jamestown, where such inspectors shall be citizens and actu-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10377-01-5

 S. 5758 2

 1 al residents of the county wherein the city is situated; except in the
 2 city of Tonawanda, where such inspectors shall be citizens and actual
 3 residents of the county wherein the city is situated, or in an abutting
 4 or adjacent county; except in any city with a population of less than
 5 twenty-five thousand, where such inspectors shall be citizens and actual
 6 residents of the county or counties wherein the city is situated. Before
 7 entering upon the discharge of their duties