Assembly Bill A9401

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to consolidation of the unified court system; repealer

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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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2021-A9401 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Rpld Art 6 §§9 - 14, 16, 34 - 36-a, 36-c & 37, §22 sub j, ren Art 6 §§15 & 17 - 33 to be §§9, 11 - 26 & 28, amd Constn, generally

2021-A9401 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to consolidation of the unified court system.

2021-A9401 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9401
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 1, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LAVINE -- (at request of the Office of Court
   Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Judici-
   ary
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing  amendments  to  article 6 of the constitution, in relation to
   consolidation of the unified court system, and to repeal  sections  9,
   10,  11,  12, 13, 14, 16, 34, 35, 36, 36-a, 36-c, 37 and subdivision j
   of section 22 of article 6 of the constitution relating thereto
 
   Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 1 of  article
 6 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   Section 1. a. There shall be a unified court system for the state. The
 state-wide  courts  shall  consist  of  the  court of appeals[,] AND the
 supreme court including the appellate divisions AND THE APPELLATE  TERMS
 thereof[,  the  court of claims, the county court, the surrogate's court
 and the family court,] as hereinafter provided. [The  legislature  shall
 establish  in and for the city of New York, as part of the unified court
 system for the state, a single, city-wide court  of  civil  jurisdiction
 and  a  single, city-wide court of criminal jurisdiction, as hereinafter
 provided, and may upon the request of the mayor and the  local  legisla-
 tive  body  of the city of New York, merge the two courts into one city-
 wide court of both civil and criminal jurisdiction.] The  unified  court
 system  for the state shall also include the [district] MUNICIPAL, town,
 [city] and village courts [outside the city of New York,] as hereinafter
 provided.
   b. The court of appeals, the supreme  court  including  the  appellate
 divisions  AND  THE APPELLATE TERMS thereof AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED, the
 [court of claims, the county court, the surrogate's  court,  the  family
 court,  the  courts  or  court of civil and criminal jurisdiction of the
 city of New York] MUNICIPAL COURTS, and such other courts as the  legis-
 lature may determine shall be courts of record.
   c.  All  processes,  warrants,  and  other  mandates  of  the court of
 appeals[,] AND the supreme court including the appellate  divisions  AND
 THE APPELLATE TERMS thereof[, the court of claims, the county court, the
 surrogate's  court  and the family court] AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED may be
 served and executed in any part of the state. All  processes,  warrants,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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