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                              June 12, 2014
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Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- 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 selection  of
  certain city court judges

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

  Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of  paragraph  1  of  subdivision  (e)  of
section 2104 of the uniform city court act, as amended by chapter 548 of
the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
  (i)  by  the  mayor of the city for which the court on which he or she
will serve has been established, with the advice and consent of the city
council: part-time city court judge  of  Beacon,  part-time  city  court
judge of Corning, part-time city court judge of Cortland, part-time city
court judge of Gloversville, city court judge of Glen Cove who serves in
the office that on June first, two thousand one was an appointive office
pursuant  to this subparagraph, city court judge of Jamestown who serves
in the office that was created during the calendar year commencing Janu-
ary first, two thousand thirteen, part-time city court judge  of  Olean,
city  court  judges  of Plattsburgh, city court judge of Port Jervis who
serves in the office that formerly was that of acting city  court  judge
of  Port Jervis, city court judges of Rye[,] AND THE city court judge of
Salamanca who serves in the office that formerly was that of acting city
court judge of Salamanca [and the city  court  judge  of  Watertown  who
serves  in  the office that on March thirty-first, two thousand fourteen
was part-time].
  S 2. The opening paragraph of subparagraph (iii)  of  paragraph  1  of
subdivision  (e)  of  section  2104  of  the  uniform city court act, as
amended by chapter 548 of the laws  of  2013,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  by  the  mayor of the city for which the court on which he or she will
serve has been established: city court judges of Cohoes, part-time  city
court judge of Dunkirk, part-time city court judge of Fulton, city court
judge  of  Geneva  who  serves  in  the office that formerly was that of
acting city court judge of Geneva,  city  court  judge  of  Hornell  who

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

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serves  in  the office that formerly was that of acting city court judge
of Hornell, city court judge of Hudson who serves  in  the  office  that
formerly  was  that  of  acting  city court judge of Hudson, [city court
judge  of  Kingston who serves in the office that on March thirty-first,
two thousand fourteen was part-time,]  part-time  city  court  judge  of
Lackawanna,  city  court  judge of Little Falls who serves in the office
that formerly was that of acting city court judge of Little Falls,  city
court  judge of Mechanicville who serves in the office that formerly was
that of acting city court judge of Mechanicville, city  court  judge  of
Middletown who serves in the office that was created during the calendar
year  commencing  January  first,  two thousand thirteen, part-time city
court judge of Mount Vernon, city court judge of New Rochelle who serves
in the office that was created during the calendar year commencing Janu-
ary first, two thousand thirteen and the city court judge of  such  city
who  serves  in  the office that on January first, two thousand thirteen
was an appointive office pursuant to this subparagraph,  part-time  city
court  judge  of  North Tonawanda, part-time city court judge of Ogdens-
burg, part-time city court judge of Oneida, city court judge of  Oneonta
who  serves  in  the  office that formerly was that of acting city court
judge of Oneonta, part-time city court judge of Oswego, city court judg-
es of Poughkeepsie, city court judge of Rensselaer  who  serves  in  the
office  that formerly was that of acting city court judge of Rensselaer,
city court judge of Saratoga Springs who serves in the office  that  was
created  during the calendar year commencing January first, two thousand
thirteen, part-time city court judge of Tonawanda and city  court  judge
of  Watervliet who serves in the office that formerly was that of acting
city court judge  of  Watervliet.    Provided,  however,  the  following
special provisions shall be applicable in the city of Poughkeepsie:
  S 3. For each of the offices of full-time city court judge established
in  the  cities  of  Kingston and Watertown pursuant to paragraph (i) of
subdivision (a) of section 6 of chapter 548 of the laws  of  2013,  upon
the first occurrence of a vacancy in such office following the effective
date  of  this  act, such office shall be filled as provided in subpara-
graph (i) of paragraph 2 of subdivision  (e)  of  section  2104  of  the
uniform city court act.
  S4. This act shall take effect immediately.