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Senate Bill S2023A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides for the establishment of a separate office of family court judge for the county of Essex

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2019-S2023 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §131, Fam Ct Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6870
2021-2022: S4721
2023-2024: S30
2025-2026: S549

2019-S2023 - Summary

Provides for the establishment of a separate office of family court judge for the county of Essex.

2019-S2023 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2023 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2023
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the family court act,  in  relation  to  establishing  a
   separate office of judge of the family court for the county of Essex
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 131 of the family court act is amended by adding  a
 new subdivision (w) to read as follows:
   (W)  THERE SHALL BE A SEPARATE OFFICE OF JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT FOR
 THE COUNTY OF ESSEX AND  THE  COMPENSATION  PAYABLE  FOR  SUCH  SEPARATE
 OFFICE  OF  JUDGE  OF  THE FAMILY COURT SHALL BE THE SAME AS THE COMPEN-
 SATION PAYABLE TO THE JUDGE OF THE COUNTY COURT OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately  except  that  the  family
 court judge for the county of Essex provided for in this act shall first
 be elected at the general election to be held in November 2019 and shall
 first take office January 1, 2020.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05888-01-9

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2019-S2023A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §131, Fam Ct Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6870
2021-2022: S4721
2023-2024: S30
2025-2026: S549

2019-S2023A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the establishment of a separate office of family court judge for the county of Essex.

2019-S2023A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2023A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2023--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. LITTLE, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and  when  printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Judiciary --
   recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary in  accordance  with  Senate
   Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the family court act,  in  relation  to  establishing  a
   separate office of judge of the family court for the county of Essex
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 131 of the family court act is amended by adding  a
 new subdivision (w) to read as follows:
   (W)  THERE SHALL BE A SEPARATE OFFICE OF JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT FOR
 THE COUNTY OF ESSEX AND  THE  COMPENSATION  PAYABLE  FOR  SUCH  SEPARATE
 OFFICE  OF  JUDGE  OF  THE FAMILY COURT SHALL BE THE SAME AS THE COMPEN-
 SATION PAYABLE TO THE JUDGE OF THE COUNTY COURT OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately  except  that  the  family
 court judge for the county of Essex provided for in this act shall first
 be elected at the general election to be held in November 2020 and shall
 first take office January 1, 2021.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05888-02-0

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