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Assembly Bill A4049

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases number of supreme court justices in the thirteenth judicial district to ten and in the second judicial district to fifty-two

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2009-A4049 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S615
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง140-a, Judy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A2053, S4225
2013-2014: S2478
2015-2016: S4657
2017-2018: S6201
2019-2020: S1755
2021-2022: S4567
2023-2024: S5998
2025-2026: S7213

2009-A4049 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the number of supreme court justices in the thirteenth judicial district to ten and in the second judicial district to fifty-two.

2009-A4049 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4049

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CUSICK, HYER-SPENCER, TITONE -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to the number of justices
  of the supreme court in the second and thirteenth judicial districts

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

  Section  1.  Subdivisions  2  and 13 of section 140-a of the judiciary
law, subdivision 2 as amended and subdivision 13 as added by chapter 690
of the laws of 2007, are amended to read as follows:
  2. Second district, [forty-nine] FIFTY-TWO;
  13. Thirteenth district, [three] TEN.
  S 2. Five of the additional justices of the supreme court in the thir-
teenth judicial district and the 3 additional justices  of  the  supreme
court  in  the  second  judicial district provided for by section one of
this act shall first be elected at the general election to  be  held  in
November  2009 and shall first take office January 1, 2010.  The other 2
additional justices of the supreme  court  in  the  thirteenth  judicial
district  provided for by section one of this act shall first be elected
at the general election to be held in November 2010 and shall first take
office January 1, 2011.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04839-01-9

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