Senate Bill S4512

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases the number of justices of the supreme court in the 9th judicial district and family court judges in the counties of Westchester and Rockland

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S4512 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5850
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §140-a, Judy L; amd §131, Fam Ct Act

2009-S4512 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases to 32 the number of justices of the Supreme court in the 9th judicial district and to 5 family court judges in the county of Westchester, and adds two family court judges in Rockland county.

2009-S4512 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4512 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4512

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 24, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the judiciary law and the family court act, in  relation
  to  the  number of justices of the supreme court in the ninth judicial
  district and family court judges in the counties  of  Westchester  and
  Rockland

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 140-a of  the  judiciary  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  240  of  the  laws  of 2005, is amended to read as
follows:
  9. Ninth district, [twenty-eight] THIRTY-TWO;
  S 2. Subdivision (h) of section  131  of  the  family  court  act,  as
amended  by  chapter  500  of  the  laws  of 1982, is amended to read as
follows:
  (h) In the county of Westchester there shall  be  [three]  FIVE  addi-
tional family court judges and the number of such judges now existing is
hereby increased accordingly. The compensation of each additional family
court judge shall be the same as the existing family court judge in such
county.
  S  3. Subdivision (k) of section 131 of the family court act, as added
by chapter 158 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
  (k) In the county of Rockland there  shall  be  [one]  TWO  additional
family  court  [judge] JUDGES and the number of such judges now existing
is hereby increased accordingly.   The compensation  of  the  additional
family  court  [judge]  JUDGES  shall be the same as the existing family
court judge in such county.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that  the  addi-
tional  justices  of  the  supreme  court and judges of the family court
provided for by this act shall first be elected at the general  election
to  be  held  in  November, 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.

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