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Assembly Bill A8425

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Increases the number of supreme court judges and county court judges in certain jurisdictions

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2019-A8425 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§140-a & 182, Judy L

2019-A8425 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the number of supreme court judges and county court judges in certain jurisdictions.

2019-A8425 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8425
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 17, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LIFTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN  ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to increasing the number
   of supreme court judges and county court judges in  certain  jurisdic-
   tions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 11, 12 and 13 of section 140-a of the  judici-
 ary law, as amended by section 1 of part XX of chapter 59 of the laws of
 2018, are amended to read as follows:
   11. Eleventh district, [forty] FORTY-ONE;
   12. Twelfth district, [twenty-six] TWENTY-SEVEN;
   13. Thirteenth district, [four] FIVE.
   § 2. 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;
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the additional supreme court judges provided for by section one of  this
 act and the additional county court judge provided for by section two of
 this  act  shall  first be elected at the general election to be held in
 November 2019 and shall take office January 1, 2020.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13437-01-9

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