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Senate Bill S4361

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the merger of the Rye town and Port Chester village courts

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2021-S4361 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §20, Town L

2021-S4361 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the merger of the Rye town and Port Chester village courts; provides for the appointment of two new justices.

2021-S4361 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4361 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4361
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to the merger of the Rye  town
   and Port Chester village courts
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 20 of the town law is  amended  by
 adding a new paragraph (q) to read as follows:
   (Q)  IN  THE  EVENT  THE VILLAGE COURT OF THE VILLAGE OF PORT CHESTER,
 COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, IS ABOLISHED EFFECTIVE MAY FIFTEENTH,  TWO  THOU-
 SAND  TWENTY-ONE, THE TOWN COURT OF THE TOWN OF RYE, COUNTY OF WESTCHES-
 TER, SHALL THEREUPON HAVE FOUR TOWN JUSTICES. THE THIRD AND FOURTH  TOWN
 JUSTICE ESTABLISHED BY THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE FILLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION SIXTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER.
   §  2.  Upon  the abolition of the village court of the village of Port
 Chester in accordance with this act, all actions and proceedings pending
 in such court shall be transferred to the town court of the town of Rye.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 if  this  act  shall  have become a law after May 15, 2021 it shall take
 effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in  full  force  and
 effect on and after May 15, 2021.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04293-02-1

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