Bill Text: NY S05414 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5414

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes the legislature to increase the number of justices of the supreme court in any judicial district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-03-26 - referred to judiciary [S05414 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S05414-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5414

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      March 3, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

        proposing amendments to article 6 of the constitution,  in  relation  to
          the number of supreme court justices in any judicial district

     1    Section  1.  Resolved  (if the Assembly concur), That subdivision d of
     2  section 6 of article 6  of  the  constitution  be  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    d.  The  supreme court is continued. It shall consist of the number of
     5  justices of the supreme court including the justices designated  to  the
     6  appellate  divisions of the supreme court, judges of the county court of
     7  the counties of Bronx, Kings, Queens and  Richmond  and  judges  of  the
     8  court of general sessions of the county of New York authorized by law on
     9  the  thirty-first day of August next after the approval and ratification
    10  of this amendment by the people, all of whom shall be  justices  of  the
    11  supreme  court  for  the  remainder  of their terms. The legislature may
    12  increase the number of justices of the supreme  court  in  any  judicial
    13  district[, except that the number in any district shall not be increased
    14  to  exceed one justice for fifty thousand, or fraction over thirty thou-
    15  sand, of the population thereof as shown by the last federal  census  or
    16  state  enumeration]. The legislature may decrease the number of justices
    17  of the supreme court in any judicial district, except that the number in
    18  any district shall not be less  than  the  number  of  justices  of  the
    19  supreme court authorized by law on the effective date of this article.
    20    §  2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendments
    21  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
    22  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
    23  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
    24  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89071-01-3