Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 22, 2010 |
referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 07, 2010 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 03, 2010 |
2nd report cal. |
Jun 02, 2010 |
1st report cal.692 |
May 18, 2010 |
reported and committed to finance |
Feb 12, 2010 |
print number 5968a |
Feb 12, 2010 |
amend and recommit to judiciary |
Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to judiciary returned to senate died in assembly |
Sep 11, 2009 |
referred to ways and means |
Sep 10, 2009 |
delivered to assembly passed senate restored to third reading |
Aug 06, 2009 |
recommitted to rules ordered to third reading cal.953 |
Jun 19, 2009 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S5968
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
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
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
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 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5968 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
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.
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
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) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5968A 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, 2011. o 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
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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