Members; qualifications; not to receive certain civil appointments; acceptance to vacate seat

§ 7. No person shall serve as a member of the legislature unless he or\nshe is a citizen of the United States and has been a resident of the\nstate of New York for five years, and, except as hereinafter otherwise\nprescribed, of the assembly or senate district for the twelve months\nimmediately preceding his or her election; if elected a senator or\nmember of assembly at the first election next ensuing after a\nreadjustment or alteration of the senate or assembly districts becomes\neffective, a person, to be eligible to serve as such, must have been a\nresident of the county in which the senate or assembly district is\ncontained for the twelve months immediately preceding his or her\nelection. No member of the legislature shall, during the time for which\nhe or she was elected, receive any civil appointment from the governor,\nthe governor and the senate, the legislature or from any city\ngovernment, to an office which shall have been created, or the\nemoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time. If a\nmember of the legislature be elected to congress, or appointed to any\noffice, civil or military, under the government of the United States,\nthe state of New York, or under any city government except as a member\nof the national guard or naval militia of the state, or of the reserve\nforces of the United States, his or her acceptance thereof shall vacate\nhis or her seat in the legislature, providing, however, that a member of\nthe legislature may be appointed commissioner of deeds or to any office\nin which he or she shall receive no compensation.\n