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Jun 02, 2014 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S7722
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
2013-S7722 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Family Court Act
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§121 & 131, Fam Ct Act
2013-S7722 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7722 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the family court act, in relation to the number of judges of the family court PURPOSE OF BILL: This measure would amend the Family Court Act to establish 3 new Family Court judgeships. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF BILL: Section 1: Would amend § 121 of the Family Court Act to increase the number of Family Court Judges in the City of New York from 47 to 56. Section 2: Would amend § 131 of the Family Court Act to increase the number of Family Court Judges, each by one, in the following counties: Albany, Broome, Chautauqua, Erie, Monroe, Nassau, Oneida, Oswego, Schenectady, Suffolk and Westchester. Section 3: Would amend § 131 of the Family Court Act to increase the number of Family Court Judges, each by one, in the following counties: Delaware, Franklin and Warren. EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THIS BILL WOULD ALTER:
2013-S7722 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7722 I N S E N A T E June 2, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to the number of judg- es of the family court THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 121 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 209 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows: S 121. Number of judges. The family court within the city of New York shall consist of [forty-four judges and, as of July first, nineteen hundred ninety, shall consist of forty-five judges and, as of April first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, shall consist of forty-seven] FIFTY-SIX judges, EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN. [At least one of the persons appointed to the office of judge of the family court created by this section, shall be a resident of the county of Richmond and hereafter there] THERE shall be at least one family court judge resident in each county of the city of New York. [The amount of compensation for such new family court judges shall be equal to the compensation payable to existing family court judges in the city of New York.] S 2. Section 131 of the family court act is amended by adding a new subdivision (u) to read as follows: (U) THERE SHALL BE AN ADDITIONAL FAMILY COURT JUDGE FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ALBANY, BROOME, CHAUTAUQUA, ERIE, MONROE, NASSAU, ONEIDA, OSWEGO, SCHENECTADY, SUFFOLK AND WESTCHESTER. THE COMPENSATION OF EACH SUCH ADDITIONAL FAMILY COURT JUDGE SHALL BE THE SAME AS THE COMPENSATION PAID TO EACH EXISTING FAMILY COURT JUDGE IN THE COUNTY FOR WHICH IT IS ESTABLISHED. S 3. Section 131 of the family court act is amended by adding a new subdivision (v) to read as follows: (V) THERE SHALL BE AN ADDITIONAL FAMILY COURT JUDGE FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: DELAWARE, FRANKLIN AND WARREN. THE COMPENSATION OF EACH SUCH ADDITIONAL FAMILY COURT JUDGE SHALL BE THE SAME AS THE COMPEN- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15483-01-4
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