Senate Bill S1861

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the consolidation of Erin and Chemung town 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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2017-S1861 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Uniform Justice Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §106-a, UJCA

2017-S1861 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the consolidation of Erin and Chemung town courts.

2017-S1861 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1861 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1861
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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  the
   consolidation of the town courts of Erin and Chemung
 
   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 chapter 205 of the laws of 2016, 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,
 THAT  NOTWITHSTANDING  SUBDIVISIONS  TEN AND ELEVEN OF THIS SECTION, 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07672-01-7

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