Bill Text: NY S07722 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7722 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the number of judges of the family court in certain counties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-02 - REFERRED TO RULES [S07722 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07722-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7722
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 2, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to the number of judg-
         es of the family court
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 121 of the family court act, as amended by chapter
    2  209 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
    3    S 121. Number of judges. The family court within the city of New  York
    4  shall  consist  of  [forty-four  judges  and, as of July first, nineteen
    5  hundred ninety, shall consist of forty-five  judges  and,  as  of  April
    6  first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-one,  shall  consist  of  forty-seven]
    7  FIFTY-SIX judges, EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  FIFTEEN.  [At
    8  least  one of the persons appointed to the office of judge of the family
    9  court created by this section, shall be a  resident  of  the  county  of
   10  Richmond  and  hereafter there] THERE shall be at least one family court
   11  judge resident in each county of the city of New York.  [The  amount  of
   12  compensation  for  such  new  family  court judges shall be equal to the
   13  compensation payable to existing family court judges in the city of  New
   14  York.]
   15    S  2.  Section  131 of the family court act is amended by adding a new
   16  subdivision (u) to read as follows:
   17    (U) THERE SHALL BE AN ADDITIONAL FAMILY COURT JUDGE FOR  EACH  OF  THE
   18  FOLLOWING  COUNTIES:   ALBANY, BROOME, CHAUTAUQUA, ERIE, MONROE, NASSAU,
   19  ONEIDA, OSWEGO, SCHENECTADY, SUFFOLK AND WESTCHESTER.  THE  COMPENSATION
   20  OF  EACH  SUCH  ADDITIONAL  FAMILY  COURT JUDGE SHALL BE THE SAME AS THE
   21  COMPENSATION PAID TO EACH EXISTING FAMILY COURT JUDGE IN THE COUNTY  FOR
   22  WHICH IT IS ESTABLISHED.
   23    S  3.  Section  131 of the family court act is amended by adding a new
   24  subdivision (v) to read as follows:
   25    (V) THERE SHALL BE AN ADDITIONAL FAMILY COURT JUDGE FOR  EACH  OF  THE
   26  FOLLOWING  COUNTIES:  DELAWARE, FRANKLIN AND WARREN. THE COMPENSATION OF
   27  EACH SUCH ADDITIONAL FAMILY COURT JUDGE SHALL BE THE SAME AS THE COMPEN-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15483-01-4
       S. 7722                             2
    1  SATION PAID TO EACH EXISTING FAMILY COURT JUDGE IN THE COUNTY FOR  WHICH
    2  IT IS ESTABLISHED.
    3    S  4.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    4  the additional family court judges provided for by section two  of  this
    5  act  shall first be elected at the general election to be held in Novem-
    6  ber 2014 and shall first take office January 1, 2015; provided, further,
    7  that the additional family court judges provided for by section three of
    8  this act shall first be elected at the general election to  be  held  in
    9  November 2015 and shall first take office January 1, 2016.