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Assembly Bill A11521

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow a district court judge to serve as a family court judge in the judicial district of his or her residence

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2009-A11521 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8300
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 6 ยง6, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1811
2013-2014: S349
2015-2016: S988

2009-A11521 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow a district court judge to temporarily serve as a family court judge in the judicial district of his or her residence.

2009-A11521 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  11521

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 21, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Alessi) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

            CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

proposing an amendment to section 26 of article 6 of  the  constitution,
  in  relation  to  authorizing district court judges to serve as family
  court judges

  Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate  concur),  That  subdivision  h  of
section  26  of  article  6  of  the  constitution is amended to read as
follows:
  h. A judge of the district court in any county may perform the  duties
of office or hold court in any county and may be temporarily assigned to
the  county  court in the judicial department of his or her residence or
to a court for the city of New  York  established  pursuant  to  section
fifteen of this article or to the district court in any county OR TO THE
FAMILY COURT IN THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HIS OR HER RESIDENCE.
  S  2. RESOLVED (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
referred to the first regular legislative session  convening  after  the
next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD89133-08-0

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