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Assembly Bill A6687

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Exempts Yonkers city court judge Edward Gaffney from the age limitation for judicial office

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2019-A6687 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Judiciary

2019-A6687 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts Yonkers city court judge Edward Gaffney from the age limitation for judicial office specified in section twenty-three of the judiciary law.

2019-A6687 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6687
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT in relation to exempting Yonkers city court judge Edward Gaffney
   from the age limitation for judicial office
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Edward Gaffney,
 a  city court judge serving in the city of Yonkers, who was elected to a
 10-year term in the year 2010, shall be exempt from the  age  limitation
 for  judicial  office  specified  in section 23 of the judiciary law, so
 that such judge may serve the remainder of his term in  compliance  with
 the  law.  Such  exemption  shall  only apply to Judge Gaffney's current
 term, and shall not apply to any  other  judicial  office  that  may  be
 affected by such section.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09623-01-9

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