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Assembly Bill A3160

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases the number of judges of the civil court of the city of New York, county of Queens

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2009-A3160 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
New York City Civil Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง102-a, NYC Civ Ct Act

2009-A3160 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the number of judges of the civil court of the city of New York, county of Queens by six.

2009-A3160 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3160

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 23, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. AUBRY,
  CARROZZA, GIANARIS, HEVESI, LANCMAN, MARKEY, NOLAN, PHEFFER,  SEMINER-
  IO, TITUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  New  York  city civil court act, in relation to
  increasing the number of judges of the civil court of the city of  New
  York in Queens county

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 102-a of the New York  city
civil  court  act,  as  added  by  chapter  511 of the laws of 1993, are
amended to read as follows:
  1. The civil court of the city  of  New  York  shall  consist  of  one
hundred [thirty-one] THIRTY-SEVEN judges, all of whom shall be residents
of  the  city of New York. No person may serve in the office of judge of
this court after the effective date of this section unless he or she has
been admitted to practice law in this state for at least ten years as of
the date he or she commences the duties of office.
  2. The twenty-five additional judges of the civil court of the city of
New York authorized on June first, nineteen hundred sixty-eight by chap-
ter nine hundred eighty-seven of the laws  of  nineteen  hundred  sixty-
eight  shall be elected in and from the residents of the following coun-
ties in the indicated numbers: from the county of New York, seven;  from
the  county  of  Kings,  seven; from the county of Queens, six; from the
county of Bronx, four; and from the county of Richmond, one. Such  addi-
tional judges shall receive the same compensation as the existing judges
of the civil court of the city of New York. The eleven additional judges
of  the civil court of the city of New York authorized [by this section]
ON JULY TWENTY-SIXTH, NINETEEN  HUNDRED  NINETY-THREE  BY  CHAPTER  FIVE
HUNDRED  ELEVEN  OF  THE  LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE shall be
chosen by the electors of the counties included within the city  of  New
York from districts within such counties as shall be established by law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06878-01-9

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