Assembly Bill A7481

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Increases number of supreme court justices in the thirteenth judicial district to ten and in the second judicial district to fifty-two

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

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2011-A7481 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §140-a, Judy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A4962
2015-2016: A8293
2017-2018: A8144
2019-2020: A7295

2011-A7481 - Summary

Increases the number of supreme court justices in the thirteenth judicial district to ten and in the second judicial district to fifty-two.

2011-A7481 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7481

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 6, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUSICK,  V. LOPEZ,  TITONE  -- read once and
  referred 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. Justice Thomas P. Aliotta, and his successor  in  office  on  the
effective date of this act shall for the remainder of the term for which
he  or she was elected or appointed be a justice of the supreme court in
and for the thirteenth judicial district.
  S 3. Two of the additional justices of the supreme court in the  thir-
teenth  judicial  district  and  two  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 2011 and shall first take office  January  1,  2012.    Another
three  of the additional justices of the supreme court in the thirteenth
judicial district and the other two 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 2012 and
shall  first  take  office  January  1, 2013.   The remaining additional
justice of  the  supreme  court  in  the  thirteenth  judicial  district
provided  for  by  section one of this act shall first be elected at the
general election to be held in November 2013 and shall first take office
January 1, 2014.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03079-05-1

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2011-A7481A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §140-a, Judy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A4962
2015-2016: A8293
2017-2018: A8144
2019-2020: A7295

2011-A7481A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the number of supreme court justices in the thirteenth judicial district to ten and in the second judicial district to fifty-two.

2011-A7481A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 7481--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 6, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUSICK,  V. LOPEZ,  TITONE  -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Judiciary -- recommitted to the Committee
  on Judiciary in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

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.  Justice  Thomas  P. Aliotta, and his successor in office on the
effective date of this act shall for the remainder of the term for which
he or she was elected or appointed be a justice of the supreme court  in
and for the thirteenth judicial district.
  S  3. Two of the additional justices of the supreme court in the thir-
teenth judicial district and two  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  2012  and  shall  first  take office January 1, 2013.  Another
three of the additional justices of the supreme court in the  thirteenth
judicial district and the other two 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 2013 and
shall first take office January  1,  2014.    The  remaining  additional
justice  of  the  supreme  court  in  the  thirteenth  judicial district
provided for by section one of this act shall first be  elected  at  the
general election to be held in November 2014 and shall first take office
January 1, 2015.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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