Bill Text: NY S06873 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the towns of Lorraine and Worth in Jefferson county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of both towns.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-11-11 - SIGNED CHAP.271 [S06873 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S06873-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6873 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE November 25, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to authorize the towns of Lorraine and Worth in Jefferson county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Pursuant to section 106-b of the uniform justice court act, 2 the towns of Lorraine and Worth in Jefferson County have conducted and 3 completed a study, each town having adopted a joint resolution providing 4 for the study, conducted a public hearing upon the findings of the 5 study, and adopted a joint resolution adopting such plan providing for 6 the abolition of existing town justice positions in the towns of 7 Lorraine and Worth and providing for the election of a single town 8 justice to preside in the town courts of such towns. The town justice 9 elected pursuant to this plan shall preside in the towns of Lorraine and 10 Worth following the next general election in such towns and shall 11 preside for the year term as elected. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14245-01-9