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Senate Bill S5968A

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for additional family court judges in the city of New York and certain counties throughout New York state

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2009-S5968 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8957
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §121, Fam Ct Act

2009-S5968 - Summary

Provides for additional family court judges in the city of New York and in the counties of Albany, Broome, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Monroe, Nassau, Niagara, Oneida, Oswego, St. Lawrence, Schenectady, Suffolk and Westchester.

2009-S5968 - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5968 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5968

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 19, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. SAMPSON -- (at request of the Office of Court Admin-
  istration) -- 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 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
SHALL BE THE SAME AS THE COMPENSATION PAID TO EACH EXISTING FAMILY COURT
JUDGE IN THE COUNTY FOR WHICH IT IS ESTABLISHED.
  S 3. This act shall take effect January 1,  2010;  provided,  however,
the  additional  family court judges provided for by section two of this
act shall first be elected at the general election to be held in  Novem-
ber 2009 and shall first take office January 1, 2010.

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

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2009-S5968A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8957
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §121, Fam Ct Act

2009-S5968A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for additional family court judges in the city of New York and in the counties of Albany, Broome, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Monroe, Nassau, Niagara, Oneida, Oswego, St. Lawrence, Schenectady, Suffolk and Westchester.

2009-S5968A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5968A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 5968--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 19, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. SAMPSON, MONTGOMERY, THOMPSON -- (at request of the
  Office of Court Administration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules --  recommitted
  to the Committee on Judiciary in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
  and recommitted to said committee

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.]
  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.
                                                           LBD14413-02-0

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