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                                  7361

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 22, 2016
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Introduced  by  Sen.  AKSHAR -- 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 and chapter 493 of  the  laws
  of  2006,  amending  the  uniform city court act and the judiciary law
  relating to judges of city courts, in  relation  to  making  the  city
  court judges in the city of Norwich full-time positions

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

  Section 1. Paragraph 36 of subdivision (d)  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:
   36   Norwich, [one full-time and one part-time] TWO FULL-TIME;
  S 2. Section 8 of chapter 493  of  the  laws  of  2006,  amending  the
uniform  city court act and the judiciary law relating to judges of city
courts, is amended to read as follows:
  S 8. Transition. Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law,  for
purposes of this act:
  (a) On the effective date of this section:
  (i)  in  each of the following cities, every acting judgeship shall be
abolished and replaced by a part-time judgeship: Auburn, Beacon,  Canan-
daigua,  Dunkirk,  Geneva,  Gloversville, Glens Falls, Jamestown, Johns-
town, Lackawanna,  Little  Falls,  Lockport,  Mechanicville,  [Norwich,]
Olean,  Oneida, Oswego, Peekskill, Plattsburgh, Port Jervis, Rensselaer,
Rye, Salamanca and Watervliet. Each person serving in a judgeship  abol-
ished  by  this  subdivision  shall continue in service in the part-time
judgeship that replaces  such  abolished  judgeship  hereunder  for  the
remainder  of  the  term  of  office  to which he or she was selected as
acting city court judge; and
  (ii) each of the following part-time judgeships shall be abolished and
replaced by a full-time judgeship: the part-time  city  court  judge  of
Amsterdam,  the  office  of  which  was  filled  by  election for a term
commencing January 1, 2003, the elected city court judge of Batavia, the
elected city court judge of Beacon, the  elected  city  court  judge  of
Canandaigua,  the  elected city court judge of Corning, the elected city

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

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court judge of Dunkirk, the part-time city court judge  of  Elmira,  the
elected  city  court  judge of Fulton, the part-time city court judge of
Long Beach, THE PART-TIME CITY COURT JUDGE OF NORWICH WHO SERVES IN  THE
OFFICE THAT FORMERLY WAS THAT OF ACTING CITY COURT JUDGE OF NORWICH, the
elected  city court judge of Ogdensburg, the elected city court judge of
Olean, the part-time city court judge  of  Poughkeepsie,  the  part-time
city court judge of Rye, the part-time city court judge of Syracuse, and
the  part-time  city court judge of White Plains the office of which was
filled by appointment in May 2003. Each person serving  in  a  judgeship
abolished by this subdivision shall continue in service in the full-time
judgeship  that  replaces  such abolished judgeship for the remainder of
the term of office to which he or she  was  selected  in  the  abolished
judgeship.
  (b)  The new office of full-time city court judge in the [city] CITIES
of Niagara Falls AND NORWICH created pursuant to this act shall first be
filled by election at the next general  election  at  which  it  can  be
filled for a full term to commence January first next thereafter.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.