Bill Text: NY S00160 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases the number of judges in the county of Tompkins from two to three judgeships.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S00160 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           160
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  HELMING, O'MARA, SEWARD -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Judici-
          ary
        AN  ACT  to amend the judiciary law, in relation to establishing a third
          county court judgeship in the county of Tompkins
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  50  of  section 182 of the judiciary law, as
     2  amended by chapter 125 of the laws  of  1970,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4     50. Tompkins, [two] three;
     5    §  2. A new office of judge of the county court of the county of Tomp-
     6  kins is hereby established. Each county court judge  in  the  county  of
     7  Tompkins,  in  office  or  hereafter  elected,  shall  also  act  as and
     8  discharge the duties of county court judge, judge of  the  family  court
     9  and surrogate of such county.
    10    §  3.  This  act shall take effect January 1, 2020; provided, however,
    11  that the additional office of county court  judge  created  pursuant  to
    12  this  act  shall  first  be filled at the general election to be held on
    13  November 6, 2019.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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