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§ A2101 BROOME COUNTY CHARTER AND CODE § A2104
ARTICLE XXI
District Attorney
§ A2101. District Attorney; election; term; qualifications.
There shall be a District Attorney's Office headed by a District Attorney. The election of the
District Attorney, together with his term of office, shall be as provided in Article XIII of the
New York State Constitution and § 400 of the County Law of the State of New York. At the
time of his election and throughout his term of office, he shall be a qualified elector of the
County. Throughout his term of office, the District Attorney and his Assistants shall devote
their whole time to the duties of their office, shall hold no other elective office and shall hold
no other public office or be engaged in any employment, business or professional activity
with any government unit without compliance with § 2610 of the Charter. The District
Attorney and the Assistant District Attorneys shall be precluded from the private practice of
law whatsoever.
§ A2102. Powers and duties.
The District Attorney shall have and exercise all the powers and duties heretofore or hereafter
lawfully granted or imposed by the Charter, this Code, local law, ordinance or resolution of
the County Legislature, order or direction of the County Executive not inconsistent with those
powers and duties under the New York State Constitution vesting in said office.
§ A2103. Reports.
On or before March 1 in each year, the District Attorney shall make an annual report for the
immediate preceding calendar year, covering generally the work of his Office. The District
Attorney shall make such other reports at such times as may be required by the County
Legislature, County Executive or any other applicable law. Copies of all reports shall be filed
with the Clerk of the County Legislature and the County Executive.
§ A2104. Assistant District Attorneys.
The District Attorney shall appoint such Assistant District Attorneys as shall be authorized by
the County Legislature. All Assistant District Attorneys shall serve at the pleasure of the
District Attorney. The District Attorney shall designate an Assistant or Assistants to whom
shall be delegated all the powers and duties of the District Attorney when such District
Attorney is unable to act by reason of absence or disability. The designation or designations
shall be in writing and filed in the Department of Records, and copies thereof shall be filed
with the County Executive and with the Clerk of the County Legislature.
The Assistant District Attorneys shall, in case of vacancy in the office of District Attorney,
perform the duties of the District Attorney until a successor is elected or appointed and has
qualified.
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