Bill Text: NY A07491 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7491 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to authorizing the appointment of an additional associate village justice by villages.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to local governments [A07491 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07491-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          7491
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       May 7, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. D'URSO -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Local Governments
        AN ACT to amend the village law, in relation to authorizing the appoint-
          ment of an additional associate village justice by villages
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph a of  subdivision  2  of  section  3-301  of  the
     2  village  law,  as amended by chapter 259 of the laws of 2016, is amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    a. except as provided in section 3-303 of this article, no  more  than
     5  two  village  justices,  but  in the event a village has one justice, it
     6  shall also have an associate justice who shall serve when  requested  by
     7  the  village  justice  or  in  the  absence  or inability of the village
     8  justice to serve. A village that has one justice, may adopt a resolution
     9  on unanimous consent of the village board of trustees to  authorize  the
    10  appointment  of  a  second  associate  village  justice  to  serve  when
    11  requested by the village justice or in the absence or inability  of  the
    12  village  justice  or  associate  village justice to serve. The office of
    13  village justice is continued in every village in which it is now  estab-
    14  lished.  The  board  of trustees of any other village may establish such
    15  office by resolution or local law, subject to a  permissive  referendum.
    16  The board of trustees of any village by resolution or local law, subject
    17  to  permissive  referendum,  may abolish such office, but to take effect
    18  only upon the expiration of the then current term  of  such  office,  or
    19  establish  the office of additional village justices, which justice once
    20  elected shall have all the powers and duties of a village  justice.  The
    21  resolution  or  local  law  in  the latter case shall provide for a term
    22  pursuant to section 3-302 of this article. The clerk of the court  of  a
    23  village  shall  be  discharged  from employment only upon the advice and
    24  consent of the village justice or justices when the clerk, in his or her
    25  village duties, works solely for the village justice or justices.
    26    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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