Senate Bill S5554

Signed By Governor
2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows the district attorney of Schenectady county to appoint a grand jury stenographer residing in Schenectady county, Albany county or any other county of the third judicial district

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

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2009-S5554 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8355
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §322, Judy L

2009-S5554 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows the district attorney of Schenectady county to appoint a grand jury stenographer residing in Schenectady county, Albany county or any other county of the third judicial district.

2009-S5554 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5554 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

    S. 5554                                                  A. 8355

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                              May 15, 2009
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

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

AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to appointment  of  grand
  jury  stenographers by the district attorney of the county of Schenec-
  tady

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

  Section 1. Section 322 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 639
of  the  laws of 1992 and subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 163 of the
laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  S 322. Stenographers to be citizens  and  residents  of  county  where
appointed.  [1.]  Every  stenographer  appointed under the provisions of
this title shall be a citizen and resident of the county in which he  is
appointed,  except  that  the  district  attorney  of  Warren county may
appoint a stenographer residing either in the county of Washington or in
the county of Saratoga and the district attorney of Hamilton county  may
appoint a stenographer residing in the county of Fulton and the district
attorney of Wyoming county may appoint a stenographer residing either in
the  county  of  Genesee or in the county of Livingston and the district
attorney of Madison county may appoint a stenographer residing either in
the county of Onondaga or in the county of Oneida or in  any  county  in
the sixth judicial district and the district attorney of Allegany county
may  appoint  a stenographer residing in the county of Steuben or in any
county in the eighth judicial district  and  the  district  attorney  of
Niagara  county  may  appoint  a  stenographer residing in the county of
Erie, Genesee or Orleans and the district attorneys of  Chemung,  Tioga,
Tompkins and Otsego counties may each appoint a stenographer residing in
any  county  in the sixth judicial district and the district attorney of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11837-01-9

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