Bill Text: NY A02780 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2780 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes the town supervisor to examine the dockets of the justice court on a quarterly basis to determine whether fines and fees have been paid to the proper officials.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to local governments [A02780 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A02780-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2780
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 20, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Local Governments
       AN  ACT  to amend the town law, in relation to authorizing town supervi-
         sors to examine the dockets of  the  justice  court,  on  a  quarterly
         basis,  to  determine  whether fines and fees have been turned over to
         the proper officials
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  125  of  the town law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    3    3. THE SUPERVISOR MAY, ON OR BEFORE THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF APRIL,  JULY,
    4  OCTOBER AND JANUARY, EXAMINE THE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL DOCKETS OF EACH TOWN
    5  JUSTICE  TO  DETERMINE  WHETHER THE FINES AND FEES THEREIN SHOWN TO HAVE
    6  BEEN COLLECTED DURING THE IMMEDIATELY PREVIOUS QUARTER HAVE BEEN  TURNED
    7  OVER TO THE PROPER OFFICIALS AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04554-01-1