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Albany County committee debates charter change to let legislature determine member qualifications
Summary
A proposed charter amendment would let the Legislature investigate and determine its members' qualifications (residency, materially false financial disclosures, felony conviction) by subpoena and vote; members debated due process, the role of the ethics committee and potential appeals to courts.
Albany County's Law Committee debated a proposed charter amendment (Local Law A) that would give the county legislature explicit authority to determine whether a member meets qualifications to serve, adding enforcement mechanisms for residency requirements and two additional triggers: a legislator's conviction of a felony while in office and a finding that a legislator knowingly filed a materially false financial disclosure.
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