County Of Putnam
Local Law #11 of 2012
(Passed at the Special Full Mtg. June 19, 2012)
APPROVAL/ LOCAL LAW TO AMEND ARTICLE 12, TITLE I, SECTION 12.08 OF THE
PUTNAM COUNTY CHARTER ENTITLED “CORONER” (Reducing Four Coroners to Three)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the County of Putnam as follows:
Section 1.
Article 12, Title I, Section 12.08 of the Putnam County Charter is hereby amended to read
as follows:
§12.08. Coroner
A. The Office of Coroner in the County is hereby continued. The office shall be filled by
the election of three coroners to four-year terms, except as otherwise provided in this
section. They shall have knowledge and/or experience in forensic medicine and shall
either be licensed to practice medicine in the State of New York or shall have received a
doctoral degree in biochemistry and/or other areas related to forensic medicine. Each
coroner shall have the powers and perform all the duties now or hereafter conferred or
imposed by law and perform such other and related duties as required by the County
Executive and the County Legislature. There shall be a Coordinator of Coroners who
shall be chosen annually from among the coroners by a majority vote. The duties of the
Coordinator of Coroners shall be:
1. To coordinate the schedules of the coroners of the County to insure that there
is twenty-four (24) hour coverage, seven (7) days a week;
2. To prepare and submit on behalf of the coroners the estimates of revenues and
appropriations for the ensuing fiscal year as prescribed under §7.04A(3) of this
Charter;
3. To recommend to the County Executive standardized forms for use by all the
coroners of the County;
4. To insure that the office is complying with all statutes, laws, rules and
regulations of both the state and the county.
B. The coroners shall be elected at general election and shall serve staggering terms of
office as hereinafter provided:
1. The term of office of the coroner elected for a four-year term commencing on
January 1, 2009 shall expire on December 31, 2012. At the general election to be held
in November of 2012, the office shall be filled by the election of a coroner to a fouryear term commencing on January 1, 2013 and every fourth year thereafter.
2. The term of office of the coroner elected for a four-year term commencing on
January 1, 2010 shall expire on December 31, 2012. At the general election to be held
in November of 2012, the office shall be filled by the election of a coroner to a twoyear term commencing on January 1, 2013 and every fourth year thereafter.
3. The term of office of the coroner elected for a four-year term commencing on
January 1, 2012 shall expire on December 31, 2012. At the general election to be held
in November of 2012, the office shall be filled by the election of a coroner to a threeyear term commencing on January 1, 2013 and every fourth year thereafter.
Section 2.
This Local Law shall take effect forty-five (45) days after its adoption, subject to
referendum on petition in accordance with the provisions of Section 24 of the New York
State Municipal Home Rule Law.