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Assembly Bill A2780

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes town supervisor to examine dockets of the justice court on a quarterly basis to determine whether fines and fees have been paid to the proper officials

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2011-A2780 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง125, Town L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3601
2013-2014: A2154
2015-2016: A2237
2017-2018: A2243
2019-2020: A1789

2011-A2780 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the town supervisor to examine the dockets of the justice court on a quarterly basis to determine whether fines and fees have been paid to the proper officials.

2011-A2780 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2780

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Local Governments

AN  ACT  to amend the town law, in relation to authorizing town supervi-
  sors to examine the dockets of  the  justice  court,  on  a  quarterly
  basis,  to  determine  whether fines and fees have been turned over to
  the proper officials

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

  Section  1.  Section  125  of  the town law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 3 to read as follows:
  3. THE SUPERVISOR MAY, ON OR BEFORE THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF APRIL,  JULY,
OCTOBER AND JANUARY, EXAMINE THE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL DOCKETS OF EACH TOWN
JUSTICE  TO  DETERMINE  WHETHER THE FINES AND FEES THEREIN SHOWN TO HAVE
BEEN COLLECTED DURING THE IMMEDIATELY PREVIOUS QUARTER HAVE BEEN  TURNED
OVER TO THE PROPER OFFICIALS AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04554-01-1

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