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                                  6665

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 8, 2012
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Introduced  by  Sen.  SALAND -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the uniform  justice  court  act,  in  relation  to  the
  location of the presiding justice in certain circumstances

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 106 of the uniform  justice  court
act,  as  amended  by  section  1 of part L of chapter 56 of the laws of
2010, is amended to read as follows:
  1. A justice may hold court anywhere in the municipality including  in
the  case  of  a town justice anywhere within a village wholly or partly
contained within the town of which he is a justice regardless of whether
or not said village has a village court and in the  event  two  or  more
contiguous  villages  maintain  offices  in the same building, a village
justice of any such village may hold court in  such  building,  notwith-
standing  that the building is outside the boundaries of such village. A
town justice may hold court in an adjacent town providing  such  justice
has  been  elected  or  holds  office  pursuant to a plan established by
resolution which was adopted pursuant to the provisions of  section  one
hundred  six-a  of this article or the provisions of section one hundred
six-b of this article. A justice may hold court in one or  more  munici-
palities that form a contiguous geographic area, including in a town and
one  or more villages each of which is wholly or partly contained within
such town, within the  same  county  providing  there  is  an  agreement
between  such  municipalities  pursuant to article five-g of the general
municipal law to hold all court proceedings in any of the  such  munici-
palities  in  a courtroom or other suitable facility open to the public.
FOR PURPOSES OF ARRAIGNMENTS, APPEARANCE PROCEEDINGS OR  PURSUANT  TO  A
WARRANT, A JUSTICE MAY PRESIDE ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY PROVIDED THAT:
  A.  A JUSTICE CANNOT BE SECURED IN THE MUNICIPALITY WHERE THE INCIDENT
OCCURRED;
  B. THE RECEIVING MUNICIPALITY HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND CANNOT SECURE ANY
OF THE JUSTICES WITHIN THE CONTIGUOUS BOUNDARY; AND

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14798-02-2
              

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  C. THE JUSTICE IS ASSIGNED PURSUANT TO AN EMERGENCY PLAN THAT  MAY  BE
ESTABLISHED  BY  THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS WITHIN THE JURIS-
DICTION WHEN THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER PARAGRAPHS A AND B OF THIS  SUBDIVI-
SION HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.