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Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Apr 13, 2010 |
reported referred to ways and means |
| Feb 11, 2010 |
print number 8957a |
| Feb 11, 2010 |
amend and recommit to judiciary |
| Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to judiciary |
| Jun 18, 2009 |
reported referred to ways and means |
| Jun 16, 2009 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A8957
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WEINSTEIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
-
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
William Scarborough
Susan John
Daniel O'Donnell
RoAnn Destito
multi-Sponsors
Jonathan Bing
James F. Brennan
Kevin Cahill
Ann-Margaret Carrozza
2009-A8957 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Ways And Means
- Law Section:
- Family Court Act
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §121, Fam Ct Act
2009-A8957 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A8957
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the family court act, in relation to
judges of the family court
This measure is being introduced at the request of the Chief Judge of
the State.
This measure would amend the Family Court Act to establish 21 new
Family Court judgeships, as follows:
o in New York City, seven new judgeships, effective January 1, 2010.
o outside New York City, one new judgeship in each of the following
fourteen counties, effective January 1, 2010 (with each judgeship
first being filled at the November 2009 general election): Albany,
Broome, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Monroe, Nassau, Niagara, Oneida,
Oswego, St. Lawrence, Schenectady, Suffolk and Westchester.
While the past several decades have seen increasing legislative
recognition of the needs of children and families in New York, in the
form of landmark statutes promoting child permanency and enhancing
family justice, these salutary efforts have not been matched by
provision for a corps of Family Court judgeships sufficiently large to
meet the greater caseloads and complexity of proceedings in our courts
today. The consequences of this neglect, if not attended to soon, will
2009-A8957 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
8957
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 16, 2009
___________
Introduced by M. of A. WEINSTEIN, SCARBOROUGH, JOHN, O'DONNELL, BRADLEY,
DESTITO, DINOWITZ, PAULIN, TITONE, PERALTA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
of A. BING, BRENNAN, CAHILL, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, DelMONTE, EDDINGTON,
ESPAILLAT, FARRELL, GORDON, GOTTFRIED, HEASTIE, HYER-SPENCER, JAFFEE,
KELLNER, LUPARDO, MARKEY, MAYERSOHN, McENENY, NOLAN, O'MARA, REILLY,
SAYWARD, SCHROEDER, SWEENEY, TITUS -- (at request of the Office of
Court Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to judges of the fami-
ly 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-FOUR judges, EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN. [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 compen-
sation for such new family court judges shall be equal to the compen-
sation 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, CHEMUNG, ERIE, MONROE,
NASSAU, NIAGARA, ONEIDA, OSWEGO, ST. LAWRENCE, SCHENECTADY, SUFFOLK AND
WESTCHESTER. THE COMPENSATION OF EACH SUCH ADDITIONAL FAMILY COURT JUDGE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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co-Sponsors
William Scarborough
Susan John
Daniel O'Donnell
RoAnn Destito
multi-Sponsors
Jonathan Bing
James F. Brennan
Kevin Cahill
Ann-Margaret Carrozza
2009-A8957A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Ways And Means
- Law Section:
- Family Court Act
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §121, Fam Ct Act
2009-A8957A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A8957A
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the family court act, in relation to
judges of the family court
This measure is being introduced at the request of the Chief Judge of
the State.
This measure would amend the Family Court Act to establish 21 new
Family Court judgeships, as follows:
* in New York City, seven new judgeships, effective January 1, 2011.
* outside New York City, one new judgeship in each of the following
fourteen counties, effective January 1, 2011 (with each judgeship
first being filled at the November 2010 general election): Albany,
Broome, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Monroe, Nassau, Niagara, Oneida,
Oswego, St. Lawrence, Schenectady, Suffolk and Westchester.
While the past several decades have seen increasing legislative
recognition of the needs of children and families in New York, in the
form of landmark statutes promoting child permanency and enhancing
family justice, these salutary efforts have not been matched by
provision for a corps of Family Court judgeships sufficiently large to
meet the greater caseloads and complexity of proceedings in our courts
today. The consequences of this neglect, if not attended to soon, will
2009-A8957A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
8957--A
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 16, 2009
___________
Introduced by M. of A. WEINSTEIN, SCARBOROUGH, JOHN, O'DONNELL, DESTITO,
DINOWITZ, PAULIN, TITONE, PERALTA, ROSENTHAL, CLARK, SCHIMEL, CANES-
TRARI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BING, BRENNAN, CAHILL, CARROZ-
ZA, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, DelMONTE, ESPAILLAT, FARRELL, GORDON, GOTTFRIED,
HEASTIE, HYER-SPENCER, JAFFEE, KELLNER, LUPARDO, MARKEY, MAYERSOHN,
McENENY, MILLMAN, NOLAN, O'MARA, PEOPLES-STOKES, REILLY, N. RIVERA,
SAYWARD, SCHROEDER, SWEENEY, TITUS, WEISENBERG -- (at request of the
Office of Court Administration) -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Judiciary -- recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary in
accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to judges of the fami-
ly 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-FOUR judges, EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN. [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.]
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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