§ 400. Officers; manner of selection; term; vacancies. 1. Elective.\nThere shall be elected a sheriff, county clerk, district attorney and\ncounty treasurer. Except in the county of Lewis, coroners shall continue\nto be elected as now provided by law until the office is abolished or\nthe number is increased or diminished pursuant to the provisions of this\nchapter. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the term of office\nof each such officer shall continue to be three years, except that the\nterms of office of sheriff, county clerk, county treasurer and coroner\nshall be four years from and including the first day of January next\nsucceeding his election. There shall be elected a county judge,\nsurrogate, and judge of the family court as now or hereafter provided by\nlaw. The term of office of each such judicial officer shall be ten years\nfrom and including the first day of January next succeeding his\nelection.\n 1-a. District attorney in counties outside of New York city. The term\nof office of the district attorney of each county outside of New York\ncity shall be for four years commencing on the first day of January\nfollowing the general election for district attorney in each respective\ncounty.\n 2. Coroners. At least one hundred fifty days prior to any general\nelection and subject to a permissive referendum, the board of\nsupervisors shall have power by local law to abolish the office of\ncoroner and create the office of medical examiner. The terms of office\nof all coroners elected or appointed and holding office in the county at\nthe time such local law becomes effective shall expire upon the\nappointment and qualification of the medical examiner and at the general\nelection to be held in such year and thereafter no coroners shall be\nelected in the county.\n 3. At least one hundred fifty days prior to any general election and\nsubject to a permissive referendum, the board of supervisors shall have\npower by local law to change the number of coroners to be elected to not\nless than one nor more than four. The board may divide the county into\ndistricts bounded by city or town lines and provide for the election of\none coroner in each district. The terms of office of all coroners\nelected or appointed and holding office in the county at the time such\nlocal law becomes effective shall expire on the December thirty-first\nfollowing. At the general election to be held in the year such local law\nbecomes effective, one or more coroners shall be elected in the county\nas provided by such local law.\n 3-a. Coroner in Lewis county. All the powers and duties of the office\nof coroner of the county of Lewis are hereby transferred to the office\nof district attorney of such county, and the district attorney of such\ncounty shall exercise and perform all the powers and duties of the\noffice of coroner of such county. The district attorney shall be\nentitled to such additional fees or compensation from the county for\nperformance of duties as coroner as shall be fixed by the board of\nsupervisors, and his reasonable and necessary expenses in the\nperformance of the duties of such office shall be a county charge. The\nprovisions of this section shall not have the effect under section ten\nof the municipal home rule law to permit any county, other than Lewis\ncounty as herein prescribed, to change, amend or supersede, by local\nlaw, any provisions of this chapter.\n 3-b. Coroner in Madison county. The office of coroner is hereby\nre-established in Madison county. All the powers and duties of the\noffice of coroner of the county of Madison are hereby transferred to the\noffice of district attorney of such county, and the district attorney of\nsuch county shall exercise and perform all the powers and duties of the\noffice of coroner of such county. The district attorney shall be\nentitled to such additional fees or compensation from the county for\nperformance of duties as coroner as shall be fixed by the board of\nsuper
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