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Assembly Bill A4494

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Establishes an alternative youth criminal court for the city of Buffalo

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2013-A4494 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Uniform City Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2104, UCCA
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2085
2011-2012: A685
2015-2016: A2992
2017-2018: A2921

2013-A4494 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an alternative youth criminal court for the city of Buffalo; creates an additional city court judge to preside over the new alternative youth criminal court; provides that the judge shall be elected at the general election in November 2013 and shall first take office January 1, 2014.

2013-A4494 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4494

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the uniform city court act, in relation to providing for
  an additional city court judge for the city of  Buffalo;  relating  to
  the  establishment  of an alternative youth criminal court whereby the
  additional city court judge presides over such court

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

  Section  1.  Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule or regu-
lation to the contrary, the city of  Buffalo  is  hereby  authorized  to
create a pilot program establishing an alternative youth criminal court.
Juveniles,  age sixteen through eighteen, that would otherwise be prose-
cuted in city court for offenses of less than  felony  grade,  committed
within  such  city, shall be prosecuted and sentenced in the alternative
youth criminal court.
  S 2. Paragraph 7 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:
  7   Buffalo, [thirteen] FOURTEEN full-time;
  S 3. The full-time city court judge added by section two of  this  act
shall  serve  in  the  capacity  as the alternative youth criminal court
judge, established by section one of this act.
  S 4. This act shall take effect January  1,  2015;  provided,  however
that the additional city court judge provided for in section two of this
act, shall first be elected at the general election to be held in Novem-
ber  2013  and  shall first take office January 1, 2014. Effective imme-
diately, the office of court administration shall promulgate  rules  and
regulations  necessary  for the implementation of this act on its effec-
tive date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07878-01-3

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