Bill Text: NY S07298 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases the number of family court judges in Erie county from six to eight; provides that the additional judges shall be elected in November of 2015 and take office January 1, 2016.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-09 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S07298 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S07298-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N S E N A T E
May 9, 2014
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Introduced by Sen. GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to increasing the
number of family court judges for the county of Erie
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (e) of section 131 of the family court act, as
2 amended by chapter 178 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 (e) In the county of Monroe there shall be six family court judges and
5 the number of such judges now existing in said county is hereby
6 increased accordingly; in the county of Erie there shall be [six] EIGHT
7 family court judges and the number of such judges now existing in said
8 county is hereby increased accordingly. In the county of Albany there
9 shall be a total of three family court judges and the number of such
10 judges now existing in such county is hereby increased accordingly.
11 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately except that the family
12 court judges provided for in this act shall first be elected at the
13 general election to be held in November, 2015 and shall first take
14 office January 1, 2016.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14999-01-4
