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Assembly Bill A1789

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes town supervisor to examine dockets of the justice court on a quarterly basis to determine whether fines and fees have been paid to the proper officials

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2019-A1789 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §125, Town L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3601
2011-2012: A2780
2013-2014: A2154
2015-2016: A2237
2017-2018: A2243

2019-A1789 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the town supervisor to examine the dockets of the justice court on a quarterly basis to determine whether fines and fees have been paid to the proper officials.

2019-A1789 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1789
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the town law, in relation to authorizing town supervi-
   sors to examine the dockets of  the  justice  court,  on  a  quarterly
   basis,  to  determine  whether fines and fees have been turned over to
   the proper officials

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  125  of  the town law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. THE SUPERVISOR MAY, ON OR BEFORE THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF APRIL,  JULY,
 OCTOBER AND JANUARY, EXAMINE THE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL DOCKETS OF EACH TOWN
 JUSTICE  TO  DETERMINE  WHETHER THE FINES AND FEES THEREIN SHOWN TO HAVE
 BEEN COLLECTED DURING THE IMMEDIATELY PREVIOUS QUARTER HAVE BEEN  TURNED
 OVER TO THE PROPER OFFICIALS AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03036-01-9

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