Bill Text: NY S04878 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to increasing the term of office of judges of the New York city civil court housing part to ten years upon reappointment after an initial five year term.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S04878 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04878-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4878--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 28, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sen. YOUNG -- (at request of the Office of Court Adminis-
         tration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when  printed  to  be
         committed  to the Committee on Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill
         amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
         tee
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  New  York  city civil court act, in relation to
         increasing the term of office of judges of the  New  York  city  civil
         court housing part
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision (i) of section 110 of the New York  city  civil
    2  court  act, as amended by chapter 310 of the laws of 1978, is amended to
    3  read as follows:
    4    (i) Housing judges shall have been admitted to the bar  of  the  state
    5  for  at  least  five years, two years of which shall have been in active
    6  practice. Each housing judge shall serve full-time for five YEARS EXCEPT
    7  THAT, ONCE A HOUSING JUDGE HAS SERVED A FIVE-YEAR  TERM,  EACH  TERM  IN
    8  SUCH  OFFICE  TO  WHICH HE OR SHE THEREAFTER IS REAPPOINTED SHALL BE FOR
    9  TEN years.  Reappointment shall be at the discretion of the  administra-
   10  tive  judge  and on the basis of the performance, competency and results
   11  achieved during the preceding term.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  the
   13  terms of office of housing judges reappointed on or after such effective
   14  date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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