Bill Text: NY A09719 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the residence of the part-time judge of the city court of Lackawanna; authorizes the part-time judge of the Lackawanna city court to reside anywhere in Erie county provided his or her term of office commenced during the two thousand eighteen calendar year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-07-31 - signed chap.138 [A09719 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A09719-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9719
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 2, 2018
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Judiciary
        AN ACT to amend the uniform city court act, in relation to the residence
          of the part-time judge of the city court of Lackawanna; and  providing
          for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision  (b)  of  section  2104  of  the
     2  uniform  city  court act, as amended by chapter 548 of the laws of 2013,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    (1) be an attorney admitted to practice law in this state for at least
     5  five years as of the date he or she commences the duties of office,  and
     6  be  a  resident  of the city in which he or she is elected or appointed,
     7  except that the judges of the Sherrill city court may reside anywhere in
     8  either Oneida or Madison counties, the city court judge  who  serves  in
     9  the  office  that  formerly  was that of acting judge of the Oneida city
    10  court may reside anywhere in Madison county, the judges of the Peekskill
    11  city court may reside anywhere in Westchester  county,  the  city  court
    12  judge who serves in the office that formerly was that of acting judge of
    13  the  Port  Jervis  city  court may reside anywhere in either Sullivan or
    14  Orange counties, the judges of the Hudson city court may reside anywhere
    15  in Columbia county, the city court judge who serves in the  office  that
    16  formerly  was  that  of acting judge of the Mechanicville city court may
    17  reside anywhere in Saratoga county, the judges of  the  Ogdensburg  city
    18  court  may  reside  anywhere  in  St. Lawrence county, the judges of the
    19  Rensselaer city court may reside  anywhere  in  Rensselaer  county,  the
    20  part-time judge of the Lackawanna city court may reside anywhere in Erie
    21  county provided his or her term of office commenced during the two thou-
    22  sand  eighteen  calendar year and one judge of the Cohoes city court and
    23  the city court judge who serves in the office that formerly was that  of
    24  acting  judge of the Watervliet city court may reside anywhere in Albany
    25  county.
    26    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    27  deemed  repealed  on  the  day the term of office of the first part-time
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  judge of the Lackawanna city court to be appointed during the two  thou-
     2  sand  eighteen calendar year expires or, on the day such judge otherwise
     3  vacates his or her office, whichever occurs first;  provided,  that  the
     4  city of Lackawanna shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission
     5  upon  the expiration of such judge's term or when such judge vacates his
     6  or her office in order that the commission may maintain an accurate  and
     7  timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state
     8  of  New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44
     9  of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.