| Date of Action |
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| Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to judiciary |
| Jan 18, 2017 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S2958
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee
Actions
2017-S2958 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S2958 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2958
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the judiciary law, in relation to
salaries of county court, family court and surrogate's court judges,
and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto
PURPOSE :
This bill would eliminate the various pay scales and provide that all
trial judges, at the county and supreme court level, receive the same
salary.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 221-b states that the salary of justices of the supreme court
and judges of the county, family, and surrogate courts shall be the
same.
JUSTIFICATION :
This legislation would eliminate the judicial pay disparities that
exist in New York State. There is no other state that has such a
fractured and irrational compensation plan. For example, New York is
the only state that pays its felony trial judges less than its civil
court judges and New York is one of only a few states that pays its
family court judges less then its civil court judges. Currently,
2017-S2958 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2958
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 18, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to salaries of county
court, family court and surrogate's court judges, and to repeal
certain provisions of such law relating thereto
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 221-b of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 630
of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
§ 221-b. Salary of justices of the supreme court AND JUDGES OF THE
COUNTY, FAMILY AND SURROGATE COURTS. The annual salary of a justice of
the supreme court AND EACH JUDGE OF A COUNTY, FAMILY AND SURROGATE'S
COURT SHALL BE THE SAME AND shall be as follows:
Justice AND JUDGE 136,700
§ 2. Sections 221-d, 221-e, and 221-f of the judiciary law are
REPEALED.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07482-01-7
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