Assembly Bill A1951

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Increases the number of judges in the county of Tompkins

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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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2019-A1951 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S160
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §182, Judy L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A10448, S7981

2019-A1951 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the number of judges in the county of Tompkins from two to three judgeships.

2019-A1951 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1951
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LIFTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the judiciary law, in relation to establishing a third
   county court judgeship in the county of Tompkins
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  50  of  section 182 of the judiciary law, as
 amended by chapter 125 of the laws  of  1970,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
    50. Tompkins, [two] THREE;
   §  2. A new office of judge of the county court of the county of Tomp-
 kins is hereby established. Each county court judge  in  the  county  of
 Tompkins,  in  office  or  hereafter  elected,  shall  also  act  as and
 discharge the duties of county court judge, judge of  the  family  court
 and surrogate of such county.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect January 1, 2020; provided, however,
 that the additional office of county court  judge  created  pursuant  to
 this  act  shall  first  be filled at the general election to be held on
 November 5, 2019.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01816-03-9

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