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Senate Bill S5687

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Changes the one part-time judgeship in the city of Albany to a full-time judgeship; repealer

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2009-S5687 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6833
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Uniform City Court Act
Laws Affected:
Rpld §221-i 2nd unnum cl, Judy L; amd §2104, UCCA

2009-S5687 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Changes the one part-time judgeship in the city of Albany to a full-time judgeship; provides that there will now be five full-time judgeships in the city of Albany; provides that the person serving in the part-time judgeship shall continue in the new created judgeship for the remainder of the term so elected.

2009-S5687 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5687 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5687

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 27, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the uniform city court act,  in  relation  to  the  city
  court  of Albany and repealing certain provisions of the judiciary law
  relating thereto

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

  Section  1. The second unnumbered clause of section 221-i of the judi-
ciary law is REPEALED.
  S 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (d) of section  2104  of  the  uniform
city  court  act,  as  amended  by  chapter  493 of the laws of 2006, is
amended to read as follows:
   1    Albany, [four] FIVE full-time [and one part-time];
  S 3. Transition. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the part-
time judgeship in the city court of Albany is abolished on the effective
date of this section and replaced by a full-time judgeship.  The  person
serving  in  such  part-time  judgeship  as of the date of its abolition
shall continue in service in the full-time judgeship  that  replaces  it
hereunder for the remainder of the term of office to which he or she was
selected in the abolished judgeship.
  S  4. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10195-01-9

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