Bill Text: NY S01112 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Makes the city court judgeships in the city of Norwich full-time positions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S01112 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01112-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1112
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 6, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
        AN ACT to amend the uniform city court act and chapter 493 of  the  laws
          of  2006,  amending  the  uniform city court act and the judiciary law
          relating to judges of city courts, in  relation  to  making  the  city
          court judges in the city of Norwich full-time positions
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph 36 of subdivision (d)  of  section  2104  of  the
     2  uniform  city  court act, as amended by chapter 548 of the laws of 2013,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4     36   Norwich, [one full-time and one part-time] two full-time;
     5    § 2. Section 8 of chapter 493  of  the  laws  of  2006,  amending  the
     6  uniform  city court act and the judiciary law relating to judges of city
     7  courts, is amended to read as follows:
     8    § 8. Transition. Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law,  for
     9  purposes of this act:
    10    (a) On the effective date of this section:
    11    (i)  in  each of the following cities, every acting judgeship shall be
    12  abolished and replaced by a part-time judgeship: Auburn, Beacon,  Canan-
    13  daigua,  Dunkirk,  Geneva,  Gloversville, Glens Falls, Jamestown, Johns-
    14  town, Lackawanna,  Little  Falls,  Lockport,  Mechanicville,  [Norwich,]
    15  Olean,  Oneida, Oswego, Peekskill, Plattsburgh, Port Jervis, Rensselaer,
    16  Rye, Salamanca and Watervliet. Each person serving in a judgeship  abol-
    17  ished  by  this  subdivision  shall continue in service in the part-time
    18  judgeship that replaces  such  abolished  judgeship  hereunder  for  the
    19  remainder  of  the  term  of  office  to which he or she was selected as
    20  acting city court judge; and
    21    (ii) each of the following part-time judgeships shall be abolished and
    22  replaced by a full-time judgeship: the part-time  city  court  judge  of
    23  Amsterdam,  the  office  of  which  was  filled  by  election for a term
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04259-01-7

        S. 1112                             2
     1  commencing January 1, 2003, the elected city court judge of Batavia, the
     2  elected city court judge of Beacon, the  elected  city  court  judge  of
     3  Canandaigua,  the  elected city court judge of Corning, the elected city
     4  court  judge  of  Dunkirk, the part-time city court judge of Elmira, the
     5  elected city court judge of Fulton, the part-time city  court  judge  of
     6  Long  Beach, the part-time city court judge of Norwich who serves in the
     7  office that formerly was that of acting city court judge of Norwich, the
     8  elected city court judge of Ogdensburg, the elected city court judge  of
     9  Olean,  the  part-time  city  court judge of Poughkeepsie, the part-time
    10  city court judge of Rye, the part-time city court judge of Syracuse, and
    11  the part-time city court judge of White Plains the office of  which  was
    12  filled  by  appointment  in May 2003. Each person serving in a judgeship
    13  abolished by this subdivision shall continue in service in the full-time
    14  judgeship that replaces such abolished judgeship for  the  remainder  of
    15  the  term  of  office  to  which he or she was selected in the abolished
    16  judgeship.
    17    (b) The new office of full-time city court judge in the [city]  cities
    18  of Niagara Falls and Norwich created pursuant to this act shall first be
    19  filled  by  election  at  the  next  general election at which it can be
    20  filled for a full term to commence January first next thereafter.
    21    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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