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Assembly Bill A9066

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Allows for justices to reside in any town, village or city within the same assembly district as the court such justice serves

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2021-A9066 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Uniform Justice Court Act
Laws Affected:
Add §106-c, UJCA
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: A1146
2025-2026: A964

2021-A9066 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows for justices to reside in any town, village or city contained in whole or in part within the same assembly district as the court such justice serves.

2021-A9066 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9066
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the uniform justice court act, in relation to allowing
   for justices to reside in any town, village or city  within  the  same
   assembly district as the court such justice serves
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The uniform justice court act is amended by  adding  a  new
 section 106-c to read as follows:
 § 106-C. RESIDENCY OF JUSTICES.
   NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW  TO  THE CONTRARY, ANY
 JUSTICE SERVING A TERM OF OFFICE IN A TOWN, VILLAGE OR  CITY  COURT  MAY
 RESIDE IN ANY TOWN, VILLAGE OR CITY CONTAINED IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHIN
 THE SAME ASSEMBLY DISTRICT AS THE COURT SUCH JUSTICE SERVES.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13026-04-1

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