| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to judiciary |
| Apr 24, 2009 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S4566
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 24th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee
Actions
2009-S4566 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Judiciary
- Law Section:
- Judiciary Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง140-a, Judy L
2009-S4566 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4566
TITLE OF BILL :
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
PURPOSE :
To increase the number of Justices in the 13th Judicial District to
ten and to increase the number of Justices in the 2nd Judicial
District to fifty-two.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section one amends; subdivisions 2 and 13 of section 140-a of the
Judiciary Law, as added by Chapter 690 of the Laws of 2007. Section
two requires that 7 additional justices of the supreme court in the
thirteenth district and 3 additional justices in the second judicial
district provided for in section one of this act shall first be
elected at the general election in held in November 2010 and shall
first take office January 1, 2011. Section three is the effective
date.
JUSTIFICATION :
On December 5, 2007, the Governor signed legislation, Chapter 690 of
the Laws of 2007 creating the 13th Judicial District. Under this law,
2009-S4566 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4566
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 24, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed 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. The seven additional justices of the supreme court in the thir-
teenth judicial district and the three 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 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.
LBD11483-01-9
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