Section 702-A. Appointment of special assistant district attorneys during a period of civil disorder

1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
  contrary, a district attorney in any county, including any county within
  the City of New York, may, during a period of civil disorder, or as  the
  result   thereof,   appoint  one  or  more  special  assistant  district
  attorneys, without compensation, and without regard to any  requirements
  of law as to residence or limitation in number of such special assistant
  district attorneys.
    2.  Such district attorney shall, prior to the appointment of any such
  special assistant district attorney, file in the office  of  the  county
  clerk  of the county in which he was elected, a certificate of necessity
  stating that, during, or as a result of, a period of civil disorder, one
  or more special assistant district attorneys are required to  supplement
  his  staff,  and setting forth the period of time such special assistant
  district attorneys shall be required.