Bill Text: NY A05121 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that no more than 22 of the 26 judges elected to the eighth judicial district shall be from any one county within such district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-01 - enacting clause stricken [A05121 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05121-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5121
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 12, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Judiciary
       AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to judges in  the  eighth
         judicial district
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 140-a of  the  judiciary  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  500  of  the  laws  of 1982, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    8. Eighth district, twenty-six, PROVIDED THAT THERE SHALL BE  NO  MORE
    5  THAN TWENTY-TWO JUDGES FROM ANY ONE COUNTY WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT;
    6    S  2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to judges
    7  elected after such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06724-01-5