Bill Text: NY A08336 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 8336 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Establishes minimum educational requirements of certain town and village justices.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-01 - advanced to third reading cal.611 [A08336 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A08336-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        8336--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   December 18, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, GALEF, ABINANTI, MAGNARELLI, SEPULVE-
         DA, MARKEY, McDONOUGH, MONTESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.
         SCHIMEL,  TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judici-
         ary -- recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary  in  accordance  with
         Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the uniform justice court act, in relation to establish-
         ing  minimum  educational  requirements  of  certain  town and village
         justices
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  uniform justice court act is amended by adding a new
    2  section 105-a to read as follows:
    3  S 105-A. MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF CERTAIN  TOWN  AND  VILLAGE
    4             JUSTICES.
    5    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY TOWN
    6  OR VILLAGE, MAY BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF SUCH TOWN OR
    7  VILLAGE, REQUIRE THAT ANY PERSON WHO SERVES AS A TOWN OR VILLAGE JUSTICE
    8  BE ADMITTED TO PRACTICE LAW IN THE STATE.   ANY CHANGE IN  THE  REQUIRE-
    9  MENTS  FOR  ELIGIBILITY  TO  SERVE AS TOWN OR VILLAGE JUSTICE SHALL TAKE
   10  EFFECT UPON COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEXT JUDICIAL TERM OF  OFFICE  FOLLOWING
   11  THE ELECTION AFTER ENACTMENT OF THE LOCAL LAW.
   12    S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
   13  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13057-03-4