Senate Bill S6770

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the establishment of a single town court to serve the towns of Erin and Chemung

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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-S6770 (ACTIVE) - Details

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A3022
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2017-S6770 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the establishment of a single town court to serve the towns of Erin and Chemung.

2017-S6770 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6770 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6770
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 16, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to establish a single town court to serve the towns of  Erin  and
   Chemung
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. (a) The legislature hereby finds and declares that:
   (i) In 2016, the towns of Erin and Chemung, in Chemung  county,  acted
 in  concert  in an effort to establish a single town court having juris-
 diction in both towns; and
   (ii) in undertaking this effort, the two towns inadvertently failed to
 comply with the necessary provisions of law - subdivision 1  of  section
 106-a of the uniform justice court act, as amended by chapter 205 of the
 laws  of 2016 - setting forth the process that must be followed in order
 to establish a single town court serving  the  two  towns,  and  section
 106-b  of  the  uniform justice court act, as added by chapter 87 of the
 laws of 2008 - setting forth the process that must be followed in  order
 to provide for the election of a single town justice for the two towns.
   (b)  Notwithstanding  any law to the contrary, such steps as the towns
 of Erin and Chemung have heretofore taken to  establish  a  single  town
 court  having  jurisdiction  in both towns shall be deemed sufficient to
 constitute such single town court solely for the period from the  effec-
 tive  date  of  this  act  through  December  31, 2017. Each of the town
 justices of the towns of Erin and Chemung, in office  on  the  effective
 date  of  this  act,  shall be and shall serve as a town justice of such
 single town court.
   (c) Nothing in this act shall prevent the towns of  Erin  and  Chemung
 from  establishing a single town court having jurisdiction in both towns
 pursuant to the provisions of section 106-a of the uniform justice court
 act, provided, however, such a court shall not be established  prior  to
 January 1, 2018.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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