Bill Text: NY A09544 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for the election of an additional family court judge for the county of Franklin.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-06 - referred to judiciary [A09544 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A09544-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9544 I N A S S E M B L Y May 6, 2014 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DUPREY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to authorizing the creation of an additional family court judgeship in the county of Franklin THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 131 of the family court act is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision (u) to read as follows: 3 (U) IN THE COUNTY OF FRANKLIN THERE SHALL BE ONE ADDITIONAL FAMILY 4 COURT JUDGE AND THE NUMBER OF SUCH JUDGES NOW EXISTING IN SUCH COUNTY IS 5 HEREBY INCREASED ACCORDINGLY. THE COMPENSATION OF SUCH ADDITIONAL FAMILY 6 COURT JUDGE SHALL BE THE SAME AS THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXISTING FAMILY 7 COURT JUDGE IN SUCH COUNTY. 8 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the addi- 9 tional family court judge in the county of Franklin provided for in this 10 act shall first be elected in the general election to be held in Novem- 11 ber 2014 and shall take office on January 1, 2015. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15002-01-4