Bill Text: NY A04987 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the counties of residence that eleven additional judges previously authorized to serve on the civil court of the city of New York shall be elected from.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-20 - enacting clause stricken [A04987 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A04987-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4987
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 10, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAYERSOHN  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Judiciary
       AN ACT to amend the New York city civil court act, in  relation  to  the
         election  of  additional  judges of the civil court of the city of New
         York
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 102-a of the New York city civil
    2  court act, as added by chapter 511 of the laws of 1993,  is  amended  to
    3  read as follows:
    4    2. The twenty-five additional judges of the civil court of the city of
    5  New York authorized on June first, nineteen hundred sixty-eight by chap-
    6  ter  nine  hundred  eighty-seven  of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-
    7  eight shall be elected in and from the residents of the following  coun-
    8  ties  in the indicated numbers: from the county of New York, seven; from
    9  the county of Kings, seven; from the county of  Queens,  six;  from  the
   10  county  of Bronx, four; and from the county of Richmond, one. Such addi-
   11  tional judges shall receive the same compensation as the existing judges
   12  of the civil court of the city of New York. The eleven additional judges
   13  of the civil court of the city of New York authorized by [this]  section
   14  SEVEN OF CHAPTER FIVE HUNDRED OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO
   15  shall  be  [chosen  by  the electors of the counties included within the
   16  city of New York from districts within such counties as shall be  estab-
   17  lished  by law] ELECTED IN AND FROM THE RESIDENTS OF THE FOLLOWING COUN-
   18  TIES IN THE INDICATED NUMBERS: FROM THE COUNTY OF NEW  YORK,  ONE;  FROM
   19  THE  COUNTY  OF  KINGS, THREE; FROM THE COUNTY OF QUEENS, FOUR; FROM THE
   20  COUNTY OF BRONX, TWO; AND FROM THE COUNTY OF RICHMOND, ONE.  SUCH  ADDI-
   21  TIONAL JUDGES SHALL RECEIVE THE SAME COMPENSATION AS THE EXISTING JUDGES
   22  OF THE CIVIL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
   23    S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
   24  in accordance with subdivision a of section  15  of  article  6  of  the
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 4987                             2
    1  constitution,  the  additional judgeships of the civil court of the city
    2  of New York affected by the provisions of this act first shall be filled
    3  at the general election to be held  in  November  2012  for  a  term  to
    4  commence January 1, 2013.