Assembly Bill A9918A

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to village justices

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A9918 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7567
Law Section:
Village Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-301, Vil L; amd §10.10, CP L

2015-A9918 - Summary

Relates to village justices; changes the title of acting justice to associate justice.

2015-A9918 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9918

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 27, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the village law, in relation to village justices

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

  Section 1. Paragraph a of  subdivision  2  of  section  3-301  of  the
village  law,  as amended by chapter 555 of the laws of 2006, is amended
to read as follows:
  a. except as provided in section 3-303 of this article, no  more  than
two  village  justices,  but  in the event a village has one justice, it
shall also have an [acting]  ASSOCIATE  justice  who  shall  serve  when
requested  by  the village justice or in the absence or inability of the
village justice to serve. The office of village justice is continued  in
every  village  in which it is now established. The board of trustees of
any other village may establish such office by resolution or local  law,
subject to a permissive referendum. The board of trustees of any village
by  resolution or local law, subject to permissive referendum, may abol-
ish such office, but to take effect only upon the expiration of the then
current term of such office,  or  establish  the  office  of  additional
village  justices,  which justice once elected shall have all the powers
and duties of a village justice. The resolution  or  local  law  in  the
latter  case  shall provide for a term pursuant to section 3-302 of this
article. The clerk of the court of a village shall  be  discharged  from
employment  only  upon  the advice and consent of the village justice or
justices when the clerk, in his or her village duties, works solely  for
the village justice or justices.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15068-01-6

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2015-A9918A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7567
Law Section:
Village Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-301, Vil L; amd §10.10, CP L

2015-A9918A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to village justices; changes the title of acting justice to associate justice.

2015-A9918A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 9918--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 27, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. PAULIN, ZEBROWSKI, STECK, SCHIMMINGER -- read
  once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  village  law and the criminal procedure law, in
  relation to village justices

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  a  of  subdivision  2  of section 3-301 of the
village law, as amended by chapter 555 of the laws of 2006,  is  amended
to read as follows:
  a.  except  as provided in section 3-303 of this article, no more than
two village justices, but in the event a village  has  one  justice,  it
shall  also  have  an  [acting]  ASSOCIATE  justice who shall serve when
requested by the village justice or in the absence or inability  of  the
village  justice to serve. The office of village justice is continued in
every village in which it is now established. The board of  trustees  of
any  other village may establish such office by resolution or local law,
subject to a permissive referendum. The board of trustees of any village
by resolution or local law, subject to permissive referendum, may  abol-
ish such office, but to take effect only upon the expiration of the then
current  term  of  such  office,  or  establish the office of additional
village justices, which justice once elected shall have all  the  powers
and  duties  of  a  village  justice. The resolution or local law in the
latter case shall provide for a term pursuant to section 3-302  of  this
article.  The  clerk  of the court of a village shall be discharged from
employment only upon the advice and consent of the  village  justice  or
justices  when the clerk, in his or her village duties, works solely for
the village justice or justices.
  S 2. Subdivision 6 of section 10.10 of the criminal procedure  law  is
amended to read as follows:
  6. "Village court." A "village court" is comprised of the justice of a
village, or all the justices thereof if there be more than one, or, at a
time  when  he  or  they  are absent, an [acting] ASSOCIATE justice of a
village who is authorized to perform the functions of a village  justice
during his absence.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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