NY A01842 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-06 - referred to judiciary
Pending: Assembly Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 12 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-06 - referred to judiciary
Pending: Assembly Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
To amend the New York State Constitution to: (1) merge County Court, Surrogate's Court, Family Court, the Court of Claims, District Court and the Criminal and Civil Courts of New York City into the Supreme Court, thereby eliminating New York's now badly fragmented trial court structure in favor of a single, unified trial court of general jurisdiction; and (2) establish a merit selection process to assure that justices of the Supreme Court are selected on the basis of merit.
Title
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing amendments to article 6 of the constitution, in relation to the composition of judicial departments and the abolishment of the court of claims, the county court, the family courts, the surrogate's court, the city-wide courts of civil and criminal jurisdiction for the city of New York and the district court, merging the jurisdiction of such courts with that of the supreme court, providing for the manner of selecting justices of the supreme court and designating the justices of the appellate divisions, and the repeal of subdivision a of section 4 and sections 9-a, 10-a, 11-a, 12-a, 13-a, 14-a, 15-a, 16-a, 21-a, 34, 35, 36, 36-a, 36-c and 37 of article 6 thereof relating thereto
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History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-01-06 | referred to judiciary | |
| 2009-09-02 | opinion referred to judiciary | |
| 2009-01-20 | to attorney-general for opinion | |
| 2009-01-12 | referred to judiciary |
