Bill Text: NY A06687 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6687 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Exempts Yonkers city court judge Edward Gaffney from the age limitation for judicial office specified in section twenty-three of the judiciary law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-11 - enacting clause stricken [A06687 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06687-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6687
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 15, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Judiciary
        AN  ACT in relation to exempting Yonkers city court judge Edward Gaffney
          from the age limitation for judicial office
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Edward Gaffney,
     2  a  city court judge serving in the city of Yonkers, who was elected to a
     3  10-year term in the year 2010, shall be exempt from the  age  limitation
     4  for  judicial  office  specified  in section 23 of the judiciary law, so
     5  that such judge may serve the remainder of his term in  compliance  with
     6  the  law.  Such  exemption  shall  only apply to Judge Gaffney's current
     7  term, and shall not apply to any  other  judicial  office  that  may  be
     8  affected by such section.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09623-01-9