| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 22, 2018 |
reported and committed to finance |
| Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to judiciary |
| Sep 06, 2017 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6870
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
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2017-S6870 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S6870 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6870
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the family court act, in relation to
establishing a separate office of judge of the family court for the
county of Essex
PURPOSE :
This bill provides for the establishment of a separate office of
family court judge for the county of Essex.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Amends section 131 of the family court act by adding a new subdivision
(w) where there shall be a separate office of judge of the family
court for the county of Essex and the compensation payable for such
separate office of judge of the family court shall be the same as the
compensation payable to the judge of the county court of the county of
Essex.
JUSTIFICATION :
Currently, there is one full-time judge who sits in five other courts,
in addition to being a full-time Family Court judge in Essex County.
The family court caseload pending as of the end of June in 2017, was
close to 300. Essex County had 926 family court total filings in the
2017-S6870 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6870
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
September 6, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to establishing a
separate office of judge of the family court for the county of Essex
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 131 of the family court act is amended by adding a
new subdivision (w) to read as follows:
(W) THERE SHALL BE A SEPARATE OFFICE OF JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT FOR
THE COUNTY OF ESSEX AND THE COMPENSATION PAYABLE FOR SUCH SEPARATE
OFFICE OF JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT SHALL BE THE SAME AS THE COMPEN-
SATION PAYABLE TO THE JUDGE OF THE COUNTY COURT OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately except that the family
court judge for the county of Essex provided for in this act shall first
be elected at the general election to be held in November 2018 and shall
first take office January 1, 2019.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13372-01-7
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