Bill Text: NY S09731 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Expands the civil jurisdiction of county courts to matters of up to fifty thousand dollars and district courts to matters of up to thirty-five thousand dollars.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-05 - referred to judiciary [S09731 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09731-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9731

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 23, 2024
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        Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- (at request of the Office of Court
          Administration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
          be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

        proposing an amendment to sections 11 and 16 of article 6 of the consti-
          tution, in relation to the civil jurisdiction of county  and  district
          courts

     1    Section  1.  Resolved  (if the Assembly concur), That subdivision a of
     2  section 11 of article 6 of  the  constitution  be  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    a. The county court shall have jurisdiction over the following classes
     5  of  actions  and  proceedings  which  shall be originated in such county
     6  court in the manner provided by law, except that actions and proceedings
     7  within the jurisdiction of the district court or a town, village or city
     8  court outside the city of New York may, as provided by  law,  be  origi-
     9  nated  therein:  actions  and  proceedings  for  the  recovery of money,
    10  actions and proceedings for the recovery of  chattels  and  actions  and
    11  proceedings for the foreclosure of mechanics liens and liens on personal
    12  property  where  the  amount  sought to be recovered or the value of the
    13  property does not exceed [twenty-five] fifty thousand dollars  exclusive
    14  of interest and costs; over all crimes and other violations of law; over
    15  summary proceedings to recover possession of real property and to remove
    16  tenants  therefrom;  and  over  such  other actions and proceedings, not
    17  within the exclusive jurisdiction  of  the  supreme  court,  as  may  be
    18  provided by law.
    19    §  2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That subdivision d of section
    20  16 of article 6 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
    21    d. The district court shall have such jurisdiction as may be  provided
    22  by  law,  but  not  in  any respect greater than the jurisdiction of the
    23  courts for the city of New York as provided in section fifteen  of  this
    24  article,  provided,  however,  that  in  actions and proceedings for the
    25  recovery of money, actions and proceedings for the recovery of  chattels
    26  and  actions  and proceedings for the foreclosure of mechanics liens and
    27  liens on personal property, the amount sought to  be  recovered  or  the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  value  of  the  property shall not exceed [fifteen] thirty-five thousand
     2  dollars exclusive of interest and costs.
     3    §  3. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendments
     4  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
     5  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
     6  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
     7  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.