§ 3-b. Special peace officers to be citizens; other residency\nrequirements. 1. No sheriff of a county, mayor of a city, or official,\nor other persons authorized by law to appoint special deputy sheriffs,\nspecial constables, marshals, police officers, or peace officers in this\nstate, to preserve the public peace or quell public disturbance, shall\nhereafter, at the instance of any agent, society, association or\ncorporation, or otherwise, appoint as such special deputy, special\nconstable, marshal, police officer, or peace officer, any person who\nshall not be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the state\nof New York, and entitled to vote therein at the time of his\nappointment, and a resident of the same county as the mayor or sheriff\nor other official making such appointment; provided, however, that when,\nin the judgment of a sheriff of a county except those counties within\nthe city of New York a situation exists which requires temporary\nadditional assistance, such sheriff may appoint special deputy sheriffs\nwho are non-residents of the county but residents of the state of New\nYork who shall hold office until such time as the appointing sheriff\ndetermines that the situation no longer exists; and no person shall\nassume or exercise the functions, powers, duties or privileges incident\nand belonging to the office of special deputy sheriff, special\nconstables, marshal, police officer, or peace officer, without having\nfirst received his appointment in writing from the authority lawfully\nappointing him. Nothing herein contained, however, shall apply to the\nappointment of a non-resident, as an emergency special deputy sheriff,\nby the sheriff of any county to act when such sheriff has declared a\nstate of special emergency pursuant to the provisions of section two\nhundred nine-f of the general municipal law. Provided further, that any\nperson otherwise qualified who resides in either the county of Nassau or\nthe county of Suffolk may at the instance of a society for the\nprevention of cruelty to animals be appointed as a peace officer by the\nappropriate appointing official of either of such counties\nnotwithstanding that such appointee does not reside in the same county\nas the appointing official. Provided, further, that any person qualified\nwho resides in a county adjacent to the county of Allegany may at the\ninstance of the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals for the\ncounty of Allegany be appointed as a peace officer by the appropriate\nappointing official of the county of Allegany. Provided, further, that\nany person qualified who resides in a county adjacent to the county of\nAlbany may at the instance of the society for the prevention of cruelty\nto animals for the county of Albany be appointed as a peace officer by\nthe appropriate appointing official of the county of Albany. Provided,\nfurther, that any person otherwise qualified who resides in the county\nof Orange or Westchester may at the instance of the society for the\nprevention of cruelty to animals for the county of Rockland be appointed\nas a peace officer by the appropriate appointing official of the county\nof Rockland. Provided, further, that any person qualified who resides in\na county adjacent to the county of Putnam may at the instance of the\nsociety for the prevention of cruelty to animals for the county of\nPutnam be appointed as a peace officer by the appropriate appointing\nofficial in the county of Putnam. Provided, further, that any person\nqualified who resides in a county adjacent to the county of Monroe may\nat the instance of the Humane Society of Rochester and Monroe County for\nthe Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Inc., doing business as Lollypop\nFarm, be appointed as a peace officer by the appropriate appointing\nofficial in the county of Monroe.\n 2. Neither the provisions of this section or of any general, special\nor local law, charter, code, ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation,\nrequir
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