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Assembly Bill A9544

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides for the election of an additional family court judge for the county of Franklin

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2013-A9544 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7218
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง131, Fam Ct Act

2013-A9544 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the election of an additional family court judge for the county of Franklin.

2013-A9544 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9544

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 6, 2014
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the family court act, in relation to authorizing the
  creation of an additional family court  judgeship  in  the  county  of
  Franklin

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

  Section 1. Section 131 of the family court act is amended by adding  a
new subdivision (u) to read as follows:
  (U)  IN  THE  COUNTY  OF FRANKLIN THERE SHALL BE ONE ADDITIONAL FAMILY
COURT JUDGE AND THE NUMBER OF SUCH JUDGES NOW EXISTING IN SUCH COUNTY IS
HEREBY INCREASED ACCORDINGLY. THE COMPENSATION OF SUCH ADDITIONAL FAMILY
COURT JUDGE SHALL BE THE SAME AS THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXISTING FAMILY
COURT JUDGE IN SUCH COUNTY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that  the  addi-
tional family court judge in the county of Franklin provided for in this
act  shall first be elected in the general election to be held in Novem-
ber 2014 and shall take office on January 1, 2015.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15002-01-4

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