Bill Text: NY A10448 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases the number of judges in the county of Tompkins from two to three judgeships.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-23 - referred to judiciary [A10448 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A10448-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10448 IN ASSEMBLY April 23, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LIFTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to establishing a third county court judgeship in the county of Tompkins The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 50 of section 182 of the judiciary law, as 2 amended by chapter 125 of the laws of 1970, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 50. Tompkins, [two] three; 5 § 2. A new office of judge of the county court of the county of Tomp- 6 kins is hereby established. Each county court judge in the county of 7 Tompkins, in office or hereafter elected, shall also act as and 8 discharge the duties of county court judge, judge of the family court 9 and surrogate of such county. 10 § 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019; provided, however, 11 that the additional office of county court judge created pursuant to 12 this act shall first be filled at the general election to be held on 13 November 6, 2018. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14619-01-8
