Senate Bill S6873

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing the towns of Lorraine and Worth in Jefferson county to elect a single town justice to preside

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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-S6873 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9052
Law Section:
Jefferson County

2019-S6873 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the towns of Lorraine and Worth in Jefferson county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of both towns.

2019-S6873 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6873 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6873
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             November 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to authorize the towns of Lorraine and Worth in Jefferson  county
   to  elect  a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such
   towns

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Pursuant to section 106-b of the uniform justice court act,
 the  towns  of Lorraine and Worth in Jefferson County have conducted and
 completed a study, each town having adopted a joint resolution providing
 for the study, conducted a public  hearing  upon  the  findings  of  the
 study,  and  adopted a joint resolution adopting such plan providing for
 the abolition of  existing  town  justice  positions  in  the  towns  of
 Lorraine  and  Worth  and  providing  for  the election of a single town
 justice to preside in the town courts of such towns.  The  town  justice
 elected pursuant to this plan shall preside in the towns of Lorraine and
 Worth  following  the  next  general  election  in  such towns and shall
 preside for the year term as elected.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14245-01-9



              

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