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Senate Bill S5173

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Amends constitution relating to the temporary assignment of judges to the supreme court

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2013-S5173 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 6 §26, Constn

2013-S5173 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends constitution relating to the temporary assignment of judges to the supreme court.

2013-S5173 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S5173 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5173

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 13, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of the Office of Court
  Administration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
  be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

            CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

proposing an amendment to article 6 of the constitution, in relation  to
  the temporary assignment of certain judges to the supreme court

  Section  1.  Resolved  (if the Assembly concur), That subdivision h of
section 26 of article 6 of  the  constitution  be  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  h.  A judge of the district court in any county may perform the duties
of office or hold court in any county and may be temporarily assigned to
the SUPREME COURT OR county court in the judicial department of  his  or
her  residence or to a court for the city of New York established pursu-
ant to section fifteen of this article or to the district court  in  any
county.
  S  2.  Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD89115-01-3

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