Senate Bill S7328

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to merging town justice courts

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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-S7328 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10130
Law Section:
Uniform Justice Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §106-a, UJCA

2015-S7328 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to merging town justice courts; excepts the towns of Erin and Chemung from the requirement that towns form a contiguous geographic area in order to merge their town courts.

2015-S7328 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7328 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7328

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 15, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the uniform justice court act, in  relation  to  merging
  town justice courts

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

  Section 1.   Subdivision 1 of section 106-a  of  the  uniform  justice
court  act,  as amended by section 2 of part L of chapter 56 of the laws
of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
  1. The town boards of  two  or  more  towns  that  form  a  contiguous
geographic  area  within the same county are hereby authorized to estab-
lish a single town court to be comprised of town justices to be  elected
from  each  of  such  towns in the same manner and for the same terms as
town justices are so elected except that the number of such terms expir-
ing in any one year may not exceed by more than one the number of  terms
expiring in any other year in which terms expire; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE
TOWN BOARDS OF THE TOWNS OF ERIN AND CHEMUNG IN CHEMUNG COUNTY ARE HERE-
BY  AUTHORIZED  TO  ESTABLISH A SINGLE TOWN COURT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. The procedure to establish such single court
may be initiated by the town board or may be initiated by  petition.  In
the  event the procedure is initiated by petition, the petition shall be
addressed to each town board and shall be  signed  by  at  least  twenty
percent of the registered voters in such towns.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15010-02-6

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