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                                  4401

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 3, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Judiciary

AN  ACT  to amend the uniform city court act and chapter 493 of the laws
  of 2006, amending the uniform city court act  and  the  judiciary  law
  relating  to  judges  of  city  courts, in relation to making the city
  court judges in the city of Norwich full-time positions

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  36  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:
   36   Norwich, two FULL-TIME;
  S  2.  Section  8  of  chapter  493  of the laws of 2006, amending the
uniform city court act and the judiciary law relating to judges of  city
courts, is amended to read as follows:
  S  8.  Transition.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law, for
purposes of this act:
  (a) On the effective date of this section:
  (i) in each of the following cities, every acting judgeship  shall  be
abolished  and replaced by a part-time judgeship: Auburn, Beacon, Canan-
daigua, Dunkirk, Geneva, Gloversville, Glens  Falls,  Jamestown,  Johns-
town,  Lackawanna,  Little  Falls,  Lockport,  Mechanicville, [Norwich,]
Olean, Oneida, Oswego, Peekskill, Plattsburgh, Port Jervis,  Rensselaer,
Rye,  Salamanca and Watervliet. Each person serving in a judgeship abol-
ished by this subdivision shall continue in  service  in  the  part-time
judgeship  that  replaces  such  abolished  judgeship  hereunder for the
remainder of the term of office to which  he  or  she  was  selected  as
acting city court judge; and
  (ii) each of the following part-time judgeships shall be abolished and
replaced  by  a  full-time  judgeship: the part-time city court judge of
Amsterdam, the office of  which  was  filled  by  election  for  a  term

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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commencing January 1, 2003, the elected city court judge of Batavia, the
elected  city  court  judge  of  Beacon, the elected city court judge of
Canandaigua, the elected city court judge of Corning, the  elected  city
court  judge  of  Dunkirk, the part-time city court judge of Elmira, the
elected city court judge of Fulton, the part-time city  court  judge  of
Long  Beach, THE PART-TIME CITY COURT JUDGE OF NORWICH WHO SERVES IN THE
OFFICE THAT FORMERLY WAS THAT OF ACTING CITY COURT JUDGE OF NORWICH, the
elected city court judge of Ogdensburg, the elected city court judge  of
Olean,  the  part-time  city  court judge of Poughkeepsie, the part-time
city court judge of Rye, the part-time city court judge of Syracuse, and
the part-time city court judge of White Plains the office of  which  was
filled  by  appointment  in May 2003. Each person serving in a judgeship
abolished by this subdivision shall continue in service in the full-time
judgeship that replaces such abolished judgeship for  the  remainder  of
the  term  of  office  to  which he or she was selected in the abolished
judgeship.
  (b) The new office of full-time city court judge in the [city]  CITIES
of Niagara Falls AND NORWICH created pursuant to this act shall first be
filled  by  election  at  the  next  general election at which it can be
filled for a full term to commence January first next thereafter.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.