Bill Text: NY S05466 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to city court judges in the city of Lockport; abolishes a part-time judge position and replaces it with a full-time judge position.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S05466 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S05466-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5466
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 24, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
       AN ACT to amend the uniform city court act, in relation to judges of the
         city courts in the city of Lockport and to repeal  certain  provisions
         of the judiciary law relating thereto
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph 27 of subdivision (d)  of  section  2104  of  the
    2  uniform  city  court act, as amended by chapter 493 of the laws of 2006,
    3  is amended to read as follows:
    4     27   Lockport, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
    5    S 2. The opening paragraph of subparagraph (iii)  of  paragraph  1  of
    6  subdivision  (e)  of  section  2104  of  the  uniform city court act, as
    7  amended by chapter 493 of the laws  of  2006,  is  amended  to  read  as
    8  follows:
    9    by  the  mayor of the city for which the court on which he or she will
   10  serve has been established: part-time city court  judge  of  Binghamton,
   11  city  court  judges  of  Cohoes,  part-time city court judge of Dunkirk,
   12  part-time city court judge of Fulton, city court  judge  of  Geneva  who
   13  serves  in  the office that formerly was that of acting city court judge
   14  of Geneva, city court judge of Hornell who serves  in  the  office  that
   15  formerly  was  that  of  acting  city court judge of Hornell, city court
   16  judge of Hudson who serves in the  office  that  formerly  was  that  of
   17  acting  city  court judge of Hudson, part-time city court judge of King-
   18  ston, part-time city court judge of  Lackawanna,  city  court  judge  of
   19  Little  Falls  who serves in the office that formerly was that of acting
   20  CITY court judge of Little Falls, [part-time city court judge  of  Lock-
   21  port],  city  court judge of Mechanicville who serves in the office that
   22  formerly was that of acting city court judge of Mechanicville, part-time
   23  city court judge of Middletown, part-time  city  court  judge  of  Mount
   24  Vernon,  part-time  city  court judge of New Rochelle and full-time city
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  court judge of such city who serves in the  office  created  during  the
    2  calendar year commencing January first, two thousand one, part-time city
    3  court  judge  of  North Tonawanda, part-time city court judge of Ogdens-
    4  burg,  city court judge of Oneida who serves in the office that formerly
    5  was that of acting city court judge  of  Oneida,  city  court  judge  of
    6  Oneonta  who  serves in the office that formerly was that of acting city
    7  court judge of Oneonta, part-time city court judge of Oswego, city court
    8  judges of Poughkeepsie, city court judge of Rensselaer who serves in the
    9  office that formerly was that of acting city court judge of  Rensselaer,
   10  part-time  city  court  judge  of Saratoga Springs, part-time city court
   11  judge of Tonawanda and city court judge of Watervliet who serves in  the
   12  office  that formerly was that of acting city court judge of Watervliet.
   13  Provided, however, the following special provisions shall be  applicable
   14  in the city of Poughkeepsie:
   15    S  3. The 49th unnumbered clause of section 221-i of the judiciary law
   16  is REPEALED.
   17    S 4. Transition. (a) Upon the effective date of this act, the position
   18  of part-time judge of the Lockport city court shall be abolished and  be
   19  replaced  by  a  full-time judgeship. Any person serving in the position
   20  abolished hereby on the date of its abolition shall continue in  service
   21  in  the  full-time judgeship that replaces it until the thirty-first day
   22  of December next following the date on which such term of  office  would
   23  otherwise expire.
   24    (b)  Upon the first occurrence of a vacancy in the office of full-time
   25  city court judge of the city of Lockport established by subdivision  (a)
   26  of  this  section,  the  office  shall  be filled by election for a term
   27  commencing the first day of January next after the election.
   28    S 5. This act shall take  effect  on  the  first  day  of  April  next
   29  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.