Bill Text: NY S00436 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates a separate office of surrogate in the county of Niagara; establishes that the election to fill the surrogate court judgeship established by this act shall be held in November 2009.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S00436 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S00436-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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436
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 7, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to creating a separate
office of surrogate in the county of Niagara
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 185 of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 699
2 of the laws of 1969, is amended to read as follows:
3 S 185. Separate office of surrogate in the counties of Chautauqua,
4 Nassau, NIAGARA and Rockland. There is established a separate office of
5 surrogate in the counties of Chautauqua, Nassau, NIAGARA and Rockland.
6 The election and term of such surrogate shall be in the manner provided
7 by section twelve of article six of the constitution. He OR SHE shall
8 have all the powers now established by law.
9 S 2. This act shall take effect August 1, 2009; provided, however,
10 that the additional surrogate's court judgeship provided for by section
11 one of this act shall first be elected at the general election to be
12 held in November 2009 and shall first take office January 1, 2010.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04621-01-9
