Bill Text: NY S07981 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases the number of judges in the county of Tompkins from two to three judgeships.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-19 - referred to judiciary [S07981 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07981-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7981
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 15, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sens. HELMING, O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
        AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to establishing  a  third
          county court judgeship in the county of Tompkins
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 50 of section 182  of  the  judiciary  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  125  of  the  laws  of 1970, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4     50. Tompkins, [two] three;
     5    § 2. A new office of judge of the county court of the county of  Tomp-
     6  kins  is  hereby  established.  Each county court judge in the county of
     7  Tompkins, in  office  or  hereafter  elected,  shall  also  act  as  and
     8  discharge  the  duties  of county court judge, judge of the family court
     9  and surrogate of such county.
    10    § 3. This act shall take effect January 1,  2019;  provided,  however,
    11  that  the  additional  office  of county court judge created pursuant to
    12  this act shall first be filled at the general election  to  be  held  on
    13  November 6, 2018.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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