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Assembly Bill A7782

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows for adjacent towns to merge into one single court facility

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2009-A7782 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4375
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Uniform Justice Court Act
Laws Affected:
Add ยง106-c, UJCA
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A6321

2009-A7782 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows for adjacent towns to merge into one single court facility.

2009-A7782 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7782

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 23, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCOZZAFAVA  -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the uniform justice court act, in relation to  authoriz-
  ing a single court facility for adjacent localities

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

  Section 1. The uniform justice court act is amended by  adding  a  new
section 106-c to read as follows:
S 106-C. MERGER INTO ONE COURT FACILITY FOR ADJACENT TOWNS.
  UPON  COMPLETION  OF A REDUCTION IN TOWN JUSTICES IN ADJACENT TOWNS OR
THE ELECTION OF A SINGLE TOWN JUSTICE IN ADJACENT TOWNS,  AS  PRESCRIBED
BY  THIS  ARTICLE,  AND  UPON  APPROVAL  FROM THE TOWN BOARDS, SUCH TOWN
COURTS MAY MERGE INTO A SINGLE COURT FACILITY TO BE USED  AS  THE  COURT
FACILITY  FOR  ALL  SUCH  TOWNS.  EACH SINGLE COURT FACILITY ESTABLISHED
PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL SERVE EACH TOWN IN  THE  SAME  MANNER  AS
SEPARATE  COURTS  SERVE  A TOWN AND SUCH COURT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT
LIMITED TO, THE MANAGEMENT OF RECORDS  AND  THE  TRANSACTIONS  OF  COURT
BUSINESS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11285-01-9

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