Senate Bill S8424

                             
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                                   8424
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 28, 2022
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 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
             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 the repeal of sections
   9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, subdivision j of section  22  and  sections
   34,  35, 36, 36-a, 36-c and 37 of article 6 of the constitution relat-
   ing thereto
 
   Section 1.  Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 1 of arti-
 cle 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
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD89181-02-2
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 and other mandates of the MUNICIPAL courts [or court of civil and crimi-
 nal jurisdiction of the city of New York] may, subject to  such  limita-
 tion  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  legislature  PROVIDED IT APPLIES
 UNIFORMLY TO ALL MUNICIPAL COURTS, be served and executed in any part of
 the  state.  The  legislature  may provide that processes, warrants, and
 other mandates of [the district court may be served and executed in  any
 part  of  the  state and that processes, warrants and other mandates of]
 town[,] AND village [and city] courts [outside the city of New York] may
 be served and executed in any part of the county in  which  such  courts
 are located or in any part of any adjoining county.
   § 2.  Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That subdivisions a, b, d and
 f  of  section  2 of article 6 of the constitution be amended to read as
 follows:
   a. The court of appeals is continued. It  shall  consist  of  [the]  A
 chief judge and [the] six [elected] associate judges [now in office, who
 shall hold their offices until the expiration of their respective terms,
 and  their successors], and such justices of the supreme court as may be
 designated for service in said court as hereinafter provided. The [offi-
 cial] terms of the chief judge and the six  associate  judges  shall  be
 fourteen years.
   Five  members  of the court shall constitute a quorum, and the concur-
 rence of four shall be necessary to a decision; but no more  than  seven
 judges  shall  sit  in  any  case.  In  case of the temporary absence or
 inability to act of any judge of the court of  appeals,  the  court  may
 designate  any  justice of the supreme court to serve as associate judge
 of the court during such absence or inability to act.  The  court  shall
 have  power to appoint and to remove its clerk. The powers and jurisdic-
 tion of the court shall not be suspended for want  of  appointment  when
 the number of judges is sufficient to constitute a quorum.
   b.  Whenever and as often as the court of appeals shall certify to the
 governor that the court is unable, by  reason  of  the  accumulation  of
 causes  pending therein, to hear and dispose of the same with reasonable
 speed, the governor shall designate  such  number  of  justices  of  the
 supreme  court as may be so certified to be necessary, but not more than
 four, to serve as associate judges of the court of appeals. The justices
 so designated shall be relieved, while so serving, from their duties  as
 justices  of  the  supreme court, and shall serve as associate judges of
 the court of appeals until the court shall certify that the need for the
 services of any such justices no longer  exists,  whereupon  they  shall
 return  to the supreme court. The governor may fill vacancies among such
 designated judges. No such justices shall serve as  associate  judge  of
 the  court  of appeals except while holding the office of justice of the
 supreme court. The designation of a justice of the supreme court  as  an
 associate  judge  of  the court of appeals shall not be deemed to affect
 [his or her] SUCH JUSTICE'S existing office any longer  than  until  the
 expiration  of [his or her] SUCH JUSTICE'S designation as such associate
 judge, nor to create a vacancy.
   d. (1) The commission on judicial nomination shall consist  of  twelve
 members  of  whom  four  shall be appointed by the governor, four by the
 chief judge of the court of appeals, and one each by the speaker of  the
 assembly,  the temporary president of the senate, the minority leader of
 the senate, and the minority leader of the assembly. Of the four members
 appointed by the governor, no more than two shall  be  enrolled  in  the
 same  political party, two shall be members of the bar of the state, and
 two shall not be members of the bar of the state. Of  the  four  members
 appointed  by  the chief judge of the court of appeals, no more than two
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 shall be enrolled in the same political party, two shall be  members  of
 the  bar  of  the  state, and two shall not be members of the bar of the
 state. No member of the commission shall hold or have held any  judicial
 office  or  hold  any  elected  public office for which [he or she] SUCH
 MEMBER receives compensation during [his or her] SUCH MEMBER'S period of
 service, except that the governor and the chief judge may  each  appoint
 no  more than one former judge or justice of the unified court system to
 such commission. No member of the commission shall hold  any  office  in
 any  political  party.   No member of the judicial nominating commission
 shall be eligible for appointment to judicial office in any court of the
 state during the member's period of service or within one year thereaft-
 er.
   (2) The members [first appointed by the governor  shall  have  respec-
 tively  one, two, three and four year terms as the governor shall desig-
 nate. The members first appointed by the chief judge  of  the  court  of
 appeals  shall  have respectively one, two, three and four year terms as
 the chief judge shall designate.  The  member  first  appointed  by  the
 temporary president of the senate shall have a one-year term. The member
 first  appointed  by the minority leader of the senate shall have a two-
 year term. The member first appointed by the  speaker  of  the  assembly
 shall  have a four-year term. The member first appointed by the minority
 leader of the assembly shall have a  three-year  term.  Each  subsequent
 appointment  shall  be] OF THE COMMISSION SHALL EACH SERVE for a term of
 four years.
   (3) The commission shall designate one of their  number  to  serve  as
 chairperson.
   (4) The commission shall consider the qualifications of candidates for
 appointment  to  the  offices  of  judge and chief judge of the court of
 appeals and, whenever a vacancy in those offices occurs, shall prepare a
 written report and recommend to the governor persons who are well quali-
 fied for those judicial offices.  IN PREPARING SUCH REPORT AND RECOMMEN-
 DATION, THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSIDER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT  REFLECT  THE
 DIVERSITY  OF  THE CITIZENRY OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 DIVERSITY IN RACE,  ETHNICITY,  GENDER,  RELIGION,  SEXUAL  ORIENTATION,
 NATURE OF LEGAL PRACTICE OR PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND AND GEOGRAPHY.
   f.  When  a  vacancy  occurs in the office of chief judge or associate
 judge of the court of appeals and the senate is not in session  to  give
 its advice and consent to an appointment to fill the vacancy, the gover-
 nor  shall  fill the vacancy by interim appointment upon the recommenda-
 tion of a commission on judicial nomination as provided in this section.
 An interim appointment shall continue until the senate shall  pass  upon
 the  governor's  selection.  If  the senate confirms an appointment, the
 judge shall serve a term as provided in subdivision a  of  this  section
 commencing  from  the date of [his or her] SUCH JUDGE'S interim appoint-
 ment. If the senate rejects an appointment,  a  vacancy  in  the  office
 shall  occur  sixty days after such rejection. If an interim appointment
 to the court of appeals be made from among the justices of  the  supreme
 court  or  the  appellate  divisions thereof, that appointment shall not
 affect the justice's existing  office,  nor  create  a  vacancy  in  the
 supreme  court,  or the appellate division thereof, unless such appoint-
 ment is confirmed by the senate and  the  appointee  shall  assume  such
 office. If an interim appointment of chief judge of the court of appeals
 be made from among the associate judges, an interim appointment of asso-
 ciate  judge shall be made in like manner; in such case, the appointment
 as chief judge shall not affect the existing office of associate  judge,
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 unless  such  appointment  as chief judge is confirmed by the senate and
 the appointee shall assume such office.
   §  3.  Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That subdivisions a, c, d, h
 and j of section 4 of article 6 of the constitution be amended  to  read
 as follows:
   a.  (1) The state shall be divided into four judicial departments. The
 first department shall consist of the  counties  within  the  first  AND
 TWELFTH  judicial  [district] DISTRICTS of the state. The second depart-
 ment shall consist of the  counties  within  the  second,  ninth,  tenth
 [and],  eleventh,  AND  THIRTEENTH  judicial districts of the state. The
 third department shall consist of the counties within the third, fourth,
 and sixth judicial districts of the state. The fourth  department  shall
 consist  of  the counties within the fifth, seventh, and eighth judicial
 districts of the state. [Each department shall be bounded by  the  lines
 of judicial districts.]
   (2) Once every ten years, the legislature may INCREASE OR DECREASE THE
 NUMBER  OF JUDICIAL DEPARTMENTS, OR alter the boundaries of the judicial
 departments[, but without  changing  the  number  thereof].    UPON  ANY
 ADJUSTMENT  HEREUNDER,  EACH DEPARTMENT SHALL BE BOUNDED BY THE LINES OF
 JUDICIAL DISTRICTS, AND THE JUSTICES OF EACH APPELLATE DIVISION AFFECTED
 BY SUCH ADJUSTMENT MAY BE RE-APPORTIONED, AND APPEALS IN  THEIR  RESPEC-
 TIVE  COURTS  TRANSFERRED, AS PROVIDED BY SUBDIVISION G OF SECTION TWEN-
 TY-SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
   c. The governor shall designate the presiding justice of  each  appel-
 late  division, who shall act as such during [his or her] SUCH JUSTICE'S
 term of office and shall be a resident  of  the  department.  The  other
 justices of the appellate divisions shall be designated by the governor,
 from all the justices [elected to] OF the supreme court OTHER THAN THOSE
 APPOINTED TO FILL A VACANCY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION A OF SECTION FIFTEEN
 OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  for terms of five years or the unexpired portions of
 their respective terms of office, if less than five years, PROVIDED  THE
 GOVERNOR  SHALL CONSIDER WHETHER THE DESIGNATION OF SUCH JUSTICE RESULTS
 IN AN APPELLATE DIVISION THAT REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY OF THE CITIZENRY OF
 THE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO,  DIVERSITY  IN
 RACE,  ETHNICITY,  GENDER,  RELIGION,  SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND NATURE OF
 JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE OR PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND.
   d. The [justices heretofore designated shall continue to  sit  in  the
 appellate  divisions  until  the  terms of their respective designations
 shall expire. From time to time as the terms of the designations expire,
 or vacancies occur, the  governor  shall  make  new  designations.  The]
 governor  may also, on request of any appellate division, make temporary
 designations in case of the absence or inability to act of  any  justice
 in  such  appellate  division,  for  service only during such absence or
 inability to act.
   h. A justice of the appellate division of the  supreme  court  in  any
 department  may  be  temporarily  designated by the presiding justice of
 [his or her] SUCH department to the appellate division in another  judi-
 cial  department  upon agreement by the presiding justices of the appel-
 late division of the departments concerned.
   j. No justice of the appellate division shall, within  the  department
 to  which  [he  or  she]  SUCH  JUSTICE may be designated to perform the
 duties of an appellate justice, exercise any of the powers of a  justice
 of  the  supreme  court, other than those of a justice out of court, and
 those pertaining to the appellate division, except that the justice  may
 decide  causes  or proceedings theretofore submitted, or hear and decide
 motions submitted by consent of counsel, but any such justice, when  not
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 actually  engaged  in performing the duties of such appellate justice in
 the department to which [he or she] SUCH JUSTICE is designated, may hold
 any term of the supreme court and  exercise  any  of  the  powers  of  a
 justice  of  the  supreme  court  in  any judicial district in any other
 department of the state.
   § 4. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That subdivisions a, b, c  and
 d  of  section  6 of article 6 of the constitution be amended to read as
 follows:
   a.  The  state  shall  be  divided  into  [eleven]  THIRTEEN  judicial
 districts.  The  first judicial district shall consist of the [counties]
 COUNTY of [Bronx and] New  York.  The  second  judicial  district  shall
 consist  of  the  [counties]  COUNTY  of Kings [and Richmond]. The third
 judicial district shall consist of the  counties  of  Albany,  Columbia,
 Greene, Rensselaer, Schoharie, Sullivan, and Ulster. The fourth judicial
 district  shall  consist  of  the  counties of Clinton, Essex, Franklin,
 Fulton,  Hamilton,  Montgomery,  St.  Lawrence,  Saratoga,  Schenectady,
 Warren  and Washington. The fifth judicial district shall consist of the
 counties of Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida,  Onondaga,  and  Oswego.
 The  sixth  judicial  district  shall consist of the counties of Broome,
 Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Otsego, Schuyler,  Tioga
 and  Tompkins.  The seventh judicial district shall consist of the coun-
 ties of Cayuga, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne  and
 Yates.  The  eighth  judicial  district shall consist of the counties of
 Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara,  Orleans  and
 Wyoming.  The  ninth  judicial district shall consist of the counties of
 Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester. The  tenth  judicial
 district  shall consist of the counties of Nassau and Suffolk. The elev-
 enth judicial district shall  consist  of  the  county  of  Queens.  THE
 TWELFTH  JUDICIAL  DISTRICT  SHALL  CONSIST  OF THE COUNTY OF BRONX. THE
 THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT SHALL CONSIST OF THE COUNTY OF RICHMOND.
   b. Once every ten years the legislature may increase or  decrease  the
 number  of  judicial  districts  or  alter  the  composition of judicial
 districts and thereupon re-apportion  the  justices  [to  be  thereafter
 elected] OF THE SUPREME COURT in the judicial districts so altered. Each
 judicial district shall be bounded by county lines.
   c. [The] EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE justices of
 the  supreme  court  shall  be  chosen  by  the electors of the judicial
 district in which they are to serve[. The] FOR terms of [justices of the
 supreme court shall be] fourteen years from and including the first  day
 of January next after their election.
   d.  The supreme court is continued. [It shall consist of the number of
 justices of the supreme court including the justices designated  to  the
 appellate  divisions of the supreme court, judges of the county court of
 the counties of Bronx, Kings, Queens and  Richmond  and  judges  of  the
 court of general sessions of the county of New York authorized by law on
 the  thirty-first day of August next after the approval and ratification
 of this amendment by the people, all of whom shall be  justices  of  the
 supreme  court  for  the  remainder  of their terms. The legislature may
 increase the] IN EACH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, IT SHALL CONSIST OF SUCH number
 of justices [of the supreme court in any judicial district]  AS  MAY  BE
 AUTHORIZED  BY LAW, except that [the number in any district shall not be
 increased to exceed one justice for fifty  thousand,  or  fraction  over
 thirty  thousand, of the population thereof as shown by the last federal
 census or state enumeration. The legislature may decrease the number  of
 justices of the supreme court in any judicial district, except that]:
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   (1)  the  number  in  any JUDICIAL district shall not be less than the
 number of justices of the supreme court authorized by law IN SUCH  JUDI-
 CIAL  DISTRICT  on [the effective date of this article] DECEMBER THIRTY-
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR; AND
   (2)  THERE  SHALL BE AT LEAST ONE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT IN EACH
 COUNTY OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW YORK CHOSEN BY THE ELECTORS THEREOF.
   § 5. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 7 of article 6 of
 the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   § 7. a. The supreme court AND ANY DIVISION THEREOF shall have  general
 original  jurisdiction  in law and equity, INCLUDING THE JURISDICTION OF
 THE FORMER COURT OF CLAIMS FOLLOWING ITS ABOLITION PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 TWENTY-SEVEN  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  SUBJECT,  HOWEVER, TO SUCH POWER AS THE
 LEGISLATURE HAD TO CONFER JURISDICTION UPON THE COURT OF CLAIMS,  OR  TO
 WITHDRAW  JURISDICTION  THEREFROM, ON THE DAY IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SUCH
 ABOLITION; THE APPELLATE JURISDICTION OF THE FORMER COUNTY COURT FOLLOW-
 ING ITS ABOLITION PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN, EXCEPT THAT THE
 LEGISLATURE MAY PROVIDE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION EIGHT OF THIS  ARTI-
 CLE,  THAT ONE OR MORE APPELLATE TERMS SHALL EXERCISE ANY OR ALL OF SUCH
 APPELLATE JURISDICTION; and [the] SUCH OTHER appellate  jurisdiction  AS
 herein provided. [In the city of New York, it] EXCEPT AS THE LEGISLATURE
 MAY  OTHERWISE  PROVIDE  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH (4) OF SUBDIVISION A OF
 SECTION TEN OF THIS ARTICLE, THE  SUPREME  COURT  shall  have  exclusive
 jurisdiction  over  crime  prosecuted by indictment[, provided, however,
 that the legislature may grant to the city-wide court of criminal juris-
 diction of the city of New York jurisdiction  over  misdemeanors  prose-
 cuted  by  indictment  and  to  the family court in the city of New York
 jurisdiction over crimes and offenses by or against  minors  or  between
 spouses or between parent and child or between members of the same fami-
 ly or household].
   b.  If  the  legislature  shall  create  new  classes  of  actions and
 proceedings, the supreme court shall have jurisdiction over such classes
 of actions and proceedings, but the legislature may provide that another
 court or other courts shall also have jurisdiction and that actions  and
 proceedings  of  such  classes  may be originated in such other court or
 courts.
   C. EXCEPT AS THE CHIEF  ADMINISTRATOR  OF  THE  COURTS  MAY  OTHERWISE
 PROVIDE,  THE SUPREME COURT SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING DIVISIONS EFFECTIVE
 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT OR SUCH OTHER DATE AS SHALL  BE
 PROVIDED HEREIN:
   (1)  A  FAMILY DIVISION, FOR ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS FOR MARITAL SEPA-
 RATION, DIVORCE, ANNULMENT OF MARRIAGE AND DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE,  AND
 ACTIONS  AND  PROCEEDINGS  WITHIN  THE JURISDICTION OF THE FORMER FAMILY
 COURT ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN;
   (2) A PROBATE DIVISION, FOR ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS WITHIN THE  JURIS-
 DICTION  OF  THE  FORMER SURROGATE'S COURT ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN;
   (3) A CRIMINAL DIVISION, FOR CRIMES AND OTHER VIOLATIONS OF LAW;
   (4) EFFECTIVE OCTOBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, A STATE  CLAIMS
 DIVISION,  FOR  ACTIONS  AND  PROCEEDINGS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE
 FORMER COURT OF CLAIMS ON SEPTEMBER THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE;
   (5) A COMMERCIAL DIVISION, FOR CIVIL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS AS MAY BE
 PROVIDED BY LAW OR PRESCRIBED BY THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR; AND
   (6) A GENERAL DIVISION, FOR ALL OTHER ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS  IN  THE
 SUPREME COURT.
   TO  THE  EXTENT  PRACTICABLE,  JUSTICES ASSIGNED TO ANY SUCH DIVISIONS
 SHALL BE EXPERIENCED IN THE BUSINESS COMING BEFORE THEM.
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   NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SUBDIVISION, EACH OF  THE  DIVI-
 SIONS  SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY EXERCISE ALL OF SUPREME COURT'S JURISDICTION
 UNDER THIS SECTION.
   §  6.  Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That subdivisions d and e of
 section 8 of article 6  of  the  constitution  be  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   d.  If  so  directed by the appellate division of the supreme court IN
 THE FIRST OR SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT establishing an appellate  term,
 [an]  SUCH  appellate term shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine
 appeals [now or hereafter authorized by law to be taken to  the  supreme
 court  or  to the appellate division other than appeals from the supreme
 court, a surrogate's court, the family  court  or  appeals  in  criminal
 cases  prosecuted by indictment or by information as provided in section
 six of article one] FROM THE MUNICIPAL COURT IN THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK
 SITTING IN SUCH JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.
   e.  As  may be provided by law, an appellate term shall have jurisdic-
 tion to hear and determine appeals from [the district] A MUNICIPAL court
 OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW YORK or FROM a  town[,]  OR  village  [or  city]
 court [outside the city of New York].
   §  7.  Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That sections 9, 10, 11, 12,
 13, 14, 16, subdivision j of section 22 and sections 34, 35,  36,  36-a,
 36-c and 37 of article 6 of the constitution be REPEALED.
   §  8. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That sections 15, 17, 18, 19,
 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33 of  article  6
 of  the  constitution  be renumbered sections 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,
 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 28.
   § 9. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 9 of article 6 of
 the constitution, as renumbered by section eight of this resolution,  be
 amended to read as follows:
   §  9.  [a.]  The [legislature shall by law establish a single court of
 city-wide civil jurisdiction and a single court  of  city-wide  criminal
 jurisdiction  in  and  for the city of New York and the legislature may,
 upon the request of the mayor and the local legislative body of the city
 of New York, merge the two courts into one city-wide court of both civil
 and criminal jurisdiction. The said city-wide  courts]  MUNICIPAL  COURT
 SYSTEM IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIR-
 TY. UNDER SUCH SYSTEM:
   A.  THERE SHALL BE A MUNICIPAL COURT IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. IT shall
 consist of such number of judges as may be [provided] AUTHORIZED by law.
 The judges of the MUNICIPAL court [of city-wide civil  jurisdiction]  IN
 THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK  shall be residents of such city and, EXCEPT AS
 OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE, shall be [chosen]  SELECTED  IN  THE
 MANNER  PROVIDED  BY  LAW for terms of ten years [by the electors of the
 counties included within the city of New York from districts within such
 counties established by law. The judges of the court of city-wide crimi-
 nal jurisdiction shall be residents of such city and shall be  appointed
 for terms of ten years by the mayor of the city of New York.
   b.  The  court of city-wide civil jurisdiction of the city of New York
 shall have jurisdiction  over  the  following  classes  of  actions  and
 proceedings  which  shall  be  originated  in  such  court in the manner
 provided by law: actions and proceedings  for  the  recovery  of  money,
 actions  and  proceedings  for  the recovery of chattels and actions and
 proceedings for the foreclosure of mechanics liens and liens on personal
 property where the amount sought to be recovered or  the  value  of  the
 property  does  not  exceed fifty thousand dollars exclusive of interest
 and costs, or such smaller amount as may be fixed by law;  over  summary
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 proceedings to recover possession of real property and to remove tenants
 therefrom  and  over  such other actions and proceedings, not within the
 exclusive jurisdiction of the supreme court, as may be provided by  law.
 The  court  of  city-wide civil jurisdiction shall further exercise such
 equity jurisdiction as may be provided by law and  its  jurisdiction  to
 enter  judgment upon a counterclaim for the recovery of money only shall
 be unlimited.
   c. The court of city-wide criminal jurisdiction of  the  city  of  New
 York  shall  have  jurisdiction over crimes and other violations of law,
 other than those prosecuted by indictment, provided, however,  that  the
 legislature may grant to said court jurisdiction over misdemeanors pros-
 ecuted  by  indictment; and over such other actions and proceedings, not
 within the exclusive jurisdiction  of  the  supreme  court,  as  may  be
 provided by law.
   d.  The provisions of this section shall in no way limit or impair the
 jurisdiction of the supreme court as set forth in section seven of  this
 article]  .  WHERE A TERM OF OFFICE PRESCRIBED HEREUNDER IS ELECTIVE, IT
 SHALL BE FROM  AND  INCLUDING  THE  FIRST  DAY  OF  JANUARY  NEXT  AFTER
 ELECTION.
   B.  THERE  SHALL  BE  MUNICIPAL COURTS OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW YORK AS
 FOLLOWS:
   (1) A MUNICIPAL COURT SHALL BE ESTABLISHED IN EACH OF  THE  FOLLOWING:
 (I)  THE AREA OF NASSAU COUNTY, (II) THE AREA OF SUFFOLK COUNTY IN WHICH
 A DISTRICT COURT WAS ESTABLISHED ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-NINE, AND (III) THE AREA OF ANY COUNTY OR PORTION THEREOF OUTSIDE
 THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK  WHERE SUCH A COURT SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY THE
 LEGISLATURE PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURES OF FORMER SECTION SIXTEEN OF THIS
 ARTICLE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DISTRICT COURT.
   (2) UNLESS THE LEGISLATURE SHALL OTHERWISE PROVIDE, A MUNICIPAL  COURT
 SHALL  BE  ESTABLISHED FOR THE AREA OF EACH CITY OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW
 YORK.
   THE JUDGES OF A MUNICIPAL COURT OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL  BE
 RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY OR PORTION THEREOF FOR WHICH SUCH COURT HAS BEEN
 ESTABLISHED  AND  SHALL  BE  CHOSEN  BY  THE  ELECTORS OF SUCH COUNTY OR
 PORTION THEREOF FOR TERMS OF SIX YEARS; EXCEPT THAT JUDGES OF A  MUNICI-
 PAL  COURT  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBDIVISION
 SHALL BE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY  FOR  WHICH  SUCH  COURT  IS  ESTABLISHED
 UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW, AND SHALL BE CHOSEN IN SUCH MANNER AND
 FOR  SUCH  TERMS  AS  SHALL BE PROVIDED BY LAW.   WHERE A TERM OF OFFICE
 PRESCRIBED HEREUNDER IS ELECTIVE, IT SHALL BE  FROM  AND  INCLUDING  THE
 FIRST DAY OF JANUARY NEXT AFTER ELECTION.
   C.  THE  LEGISLATURE MAY CREATE DISTRICTS OF A MUNICIPAL COURT OUTSIDE
 THE CITY OF NEW YORK ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (1)  OF  SUBDIVI-
 SION B OF THIS SECTION, WHICH SHALL CONSIST OF AN ENTIRE COUNTY OR OF AN
 AREA  LESS  THAN  A  COUNTY;  AND MAY DISCONTINUE ANY DISTRICT OF SUCH A
 MUNICIPAL COURT. THE JUDGES OF A MUNICIPAL  COURT  FOR  WHICH  DISTRICTS
 HAVE BEEN CREATED HEREUNDER SHALL BE APPORTIONED AMONG SUCH DISTRICTS AS
 MAY  BE  PROVIDED  BY  LAW AND, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH THE POPULATION AND THE VOLUME OF JUDICIAL BUSINESS.
   D. EACH MUNICIPAL COURT OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL CONSIST  OF
 SUCH  NUMBER OF JUDGES AS MAY BE AUTHORIZED BY LAW, PROVIDED THERE SHALL
 BE AT LEAST ONE JUDGE FOR EACH MUNICIPAL COURT AND, FOR  EACH  MUNICIPAL
 COURT IN WHICH DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN CREATED HEREUNDER, AT LEAST ONE JUDGE
 FOR EACH OF SUCH DISTRICTS.
   § 10. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That article 6 of the consti-
 tution be amended by adding a new section 10 to read as follows:
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   §  10.  A.  ONCE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINE OF THIS ARTICLE,
 THE MUNICIPAL COURTS SHALL ENJOY UNIFORM  JURISDICTION  STATEWIDE.  SUCH
 JURISDICTION   SHALL  INCLUDE  THE  FOLLOWING  CLASSES  OF  ACTIONS  AND
 PROCEEDINGS, WHICH SHALL BE ORIGINATED IN  SUCH  COURTS  IN  THE  MANNER
 PROVIDED BY LAW:
   (1)  ACTIONS  AND  PROCEEDINGS  FOR THE RECOVERY OF MONEY, ACTIONS AND
 PROCEEDINGS FOR THE RECOVERY OF CHATTELS, AND  ACTIONS  AND  PROCEEDINGS
 FOR  THE  FORECLOSURE  OF MECHANICS LIENS AND LIENS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY
 WHERE THE AMOUNT SOUGHT TO BE RECOVERED OR THE  VALUE  OF  THE  PROPERTY
 DOES  NOT EXCEED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS EXCLUSIVE OF INTEREST AND COSTS,
 OR SUCH GREATER AMOUNT AS MAY BE FIXED BY LAW; PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT
 THE  JURISDICTION  OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT TO ENTER JUDGMENT UPON A COUN-
 TERCLAIM FOR THE RECOVERY OF MONEY ONLY SHALL BE UNLIMITED;
   (2) ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS IN LAW AND EQUITY INVOLVING  THE  ENFORCE-
 MENT  OF  STATE  AND LOCAL LAWS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF
 HOUSING STANDARDS, SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS TO  RECOVER  POSSESSION  OF  REAL
 PROPERTY  AND  TO  REMOVE  TENANTS THEREFROM, AND SUCH OTHER ACTIONS AND
 PROCEEDINGS, NOT WITHIN THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT,
 AS MAY BE PROVIDED BY LAW;
   (3) SUCH EQUITY JURISDICTION AS MAY BE PROVIDED BY LAW;
   (4) JURISDICTION OVER CRIMES AND OTHER VIOLATIONS OF  LAW  OTHER  THAN
 THOSE  PROSECUTED BY INDICTMENT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE LEGISLATURE
 MAY GRANT TO THE MUNICIPAL COURTS JURISDICTION OVER MISDEMEANORS  PROSE-
 CUTED   BY   INDICTMENT   AND  OVER  SUCH  OTHER  CRIMINAL  ACTIONS  AND
 PROCEEDINGS, NOT WITHIN THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT,
 AS MAY BE PROVIDED BY LAW; AND
   (5) ANY OTHER JURISDICTION EXERCISED BY THE FORMER CITY-WIDE COURTS OF
 CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JURISDICTION FOR THE CITY OF  NEW  YORK  ON  DECEMBER
 THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-NINE  NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED HEREIN
 AND, WHERE IT IS PROVIDED BY LAW AFTER SUCH DATE, SUCH FURTHER JURISDIC-
 TION AS THOSE COURTS MIGHT HAVE EXERCISED ON SUCH DATE HAD  SUCH  JURIS-
 DICTION THEN BEEN PROVIDED BY LAW.
   B.  THE MUNICIPAL COURT IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND SUCH OTHER MUNICI-
 PAL COURTS OUTSIDE SUCH CITY AS THE LEGISLATURE MAY PROVIDE SHALL HAVE A
 HOUSING DIVISION, FOR ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (2)
 OF SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION, AND  SUCH  FURTHER  DIVISIONS  AS  THE
 CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS MAY PROVIDE.
   C.  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL IN NO WAY LIMIT OR IMPAIR THE
 JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT AS SET FORTH IN SECTION SEVEN OF  THIS
 ARTICLE.
   §  11. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 11 of article 6
 of the constitution, as renumbered by section eight of this  resolution,
 be amended to read as follows:
   § 11. a. Courts for towns[,] AND villages [and cities outside the city
 of New York] are continued and shall have the jurisdiction prescribed by
 the  legislature but not in any respect greater than the jurisdiction of
 [the district] A MUNICIPAL court as provided in section [sixteen] TEN of
 this article.
   b. The legislature may regulate such courts[, establish uniform juris-
 diction, practice and procedure for city courts outside the city of  New
 York]  and may discontinue any village [or city] court [outside the city
 of New York existing on the effective date of this article]. The  legis-
 lature may discontinue any town court [existing on the effective date of
 this  article]  only  with the approval of a majority of the total votes
 cast at a general election on the question of a proposed  discontinuance
 of the court in each such town affected thereby.
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   c.  [The  legislature  may  abolish  the legislative functions on town
 boards of justices of the peace and  provide  that  town  councilmen  be
 elected in their stead.
   d.]  The  number  of [the judges] JUSTICES of each of such town[,] AND
 village [and city] courts and the  classification  and  duties  of  [the
 judges] SUCH JUSTICES shall be prescribed by the legislature. The terms,
 method  of  selection,  and method of filling vacancies for the [judges]
 JUSTICES of such courts  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  legislature[,];
 provided,  however,  that the justices of town courts shall be chosen by
 the electors of the town for terms of four years from and including  the
 first day of January next after their election.
   §  12. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 13 of article 6
 of the constitution, as renumbered by section eight of this  resolution,
 be amended to read as follows:
   §  13.  a.  The  supreme  court may transfer any action or proceeding,
 except one over which it shall have exclusive  jurisdiction  which  does
 not  depend  upon  the monetary amount sought, to any other court having
 jurisdiction of  the  subject  matter  within  the  judicial  department
 provided  that  such  other  court  has jurisdiction over the classes of
 persons named as parties. As may be provided by law, the  supreme  court
 may transfer to itself any action or proceeding originated or pending in
 another  court  within  the judicial department [other than the court of
 claims] upon a finding that such a transfer will  promote  the  adminis-
 tration of justice.
   b.  The  [county  court  shall transfer to the supreme court or surro-
 gate's court or family court any action or proceeding which has not been
 transferred to it from the supreme court or surrogate's court or  family
 court  and  over  which the county court has no jurisdiction. The county
 court may transfer any action or proceeding, except a criminal action or
 proceeding involving a felony prosecuted by indictment or an  action  or
 proceeding  required by this article to be dealt with in the surrogate's
 court or family court, to any  court,  other  than  the  supreme  court,
 having  jurisdiction  of  the  subject matter within the county provided
 that such other court has jurisdiction over the classes of persons named
 as parties.
   c. As may be provided by law, the supreme court or  the  county  court
 may  transfer to the county court any action or proceeding originated or
 pending in the district court or a town, village or city  court  outside
 the  city  of  New York upon a finding that such a transfer will promote
 the administration of justice.
   d. The surrogate's court shall transfer to the supreme  court  or  the
 county  court or the family court or the courts for the city of New York
 established pursuant to section fifteen of this article  any  action  or
 proceeding  which has not been transferred to it from any of said courts
 and over which the surrogate's court has no jurisdiction.
   e. The family court shall transfer to the supreme court or the  surro-
 gate's  court or the county court or the courts for the city of New York
 established pursuant to section fifteen of this article  any  action  or
 proceeding  which has not been transferred to it from any of said courts
 and over which the family court has no jurisdiction.
   f. The courts for the city of New York established pursuant to section
 fifteen of this article] MUNICIPAL COURT shall transfer to  the  supreme
 court  [or  the  surrogate's  court  or  the family court] any action or
 proceeding which has not been transferred to [them] IT from [any of said
 courts] THE SUPREME COURT and over which the [said courts for  the  city
 of New York have] MUNICIPAL COURT HAS no jurisdiction.
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   [g.]  C.  As  may be provided by law, the supreme court shall transfer
 any action or proceeding to any other court having jurisdiction  of  the
 subject  matter  in  any other judicial district or county provided that
 such other court has jurisdiction over the classes of persons  named  as
 parties.
   [h.]  D. As may be provided by law, the [county] MUNICIPAL court[, the
 surrogate's court, the family court and the courts for] IN the  city  of
 New  York  [established  pursuant  to  section fifteen of this article],
 SITTING OUTSIDE THE FIRST JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT, may transfer  any  action
 or  proceeding,  other than one which has previously been transferred to
 it, to any other court IN THE SECOND  JUDICIAL  DEPARTMENT,  except  the
 supreme  court,  having jurisdiction of the subject matter [in any other
 judicial district or county] provided that such other court  has  juris-
 diction over the classes of persons named as parties.
   [i.]  E.  As  may be provided by law, [the district] A MUNICIPAL court
 OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW YORK or a town[,] OR  village  [or  city]  court
 [outside  the  city  of New York] may transfer any action or proceeding,
 other than one which has previously been transferred to it, to any OTHER
 court, [other than] EXCEPT the [county court or the surrogate's court or
 the family court or the]  supreme  court,  having  jurisdiction  of  the
 subject  matter  in  the  same or an adjoining county provided that such
 other court has jurisdiction  over  the  classes  of  persons  named  as
 parties.
   [j.]  F.  Each  court  shall  exercise jurisdiction over any action or
 proceeding transferred to it pursuant to this section.
   [k.] G. The legislature may provide that the verdict  or  judgment  in
 actions and proceedings so transferred shall not be subject to the limi-
 tation  of  monetary  jurisdiction of the court to which the actions and
 proceedings are transferred if that limitation be lower than that of the
 court in which the actions and proceedings were originated.
   § 13. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 14 of article  6
 of  the constitution, as renumbered by section eight of this resolution,
 be amended to read as follows:
   § 14. a. No person[, other than one  who  holds  such  office  at  the
 effective  date  of this article,] may assume the office of judge of the
 court of appeals[,] OR justice of the supreme court[, or  judge  of  the
 court  of  claims]  unless  [he or she] SUCH PERSON has been admitted to
 practice law in this state at least ten years. No  person[,  other  than
 one  who  holds  such office at the effective date of this article,] may
 assume the office of judge of  [the  county  court,  surrogate's  court,
 family  court,  a court for the city of New York established pursuant to
 section fifteen of this article, district] A MUNICIPAL  court  [or  city
 court  outside  the city of New York] unless [he or she] SUCH PERSON has
 been admitted to practice law in this state at least five years or  such
 greater number of years as the legislature may determine.
   b.  A  judge  of  the  court of appeals, justice of the supreme court,
 [judge of the court of claims, judge of a county  court,  judge  of  the
 surrogate's  court,  judge  of the family court] or judge of a MUNICIPAL
 court [for the city of New York established pursuant to section  fifteen
 of  this article who is elected or appointed after the effective date of
 this article] may not:
   (1) hold any other public office or trust except an office in relation
 to the administration of the courts, member of a constitutional  conven-
 tion  or member of the armed forces of the United States or of the state
 of New York in which latter event the legislature may enact such  legis-
 lation  as  it  deems  appropriate  to  provide for a temporary judge or
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 justice to serve during the period of  the  absence  of  such  judge  or
 justice in the armed forces;
   (2)  be  eligible  to  be a candidate for any public office other than
 judicial office or member of a constitutional convention, unless [he  or
 she]  SUCH JUDGE OR JUSTICE resigns from judicial office; in the event a
 judge or justice does not so resign from judicial office within ten days
 after [his or her acceptance of] ACCEPTING the nomination of such  other
 office,  [his  or  her]  SUCH JUDGE'S OR JUSTICE'S judicial office shall
 become vacant and the vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided  in
 this article;
   (3) hold any office or assume the duties or exercise the powers of any
 office  of any political organization or be a member of any governing or
 executive agency thereof;
   (4) engage in the practice of law, act as an  arbitrator,  referee  or
 compensated  mediator in any action or proceeding or matter or engage in
 the conduct of any other profession or business  which  interferes  with
 the  performance  of  [his  or  her]  SUCH JUDGE'S OR JUSTICE'S judicial
 duties; EXCEPT THAT, IF THE LEGISLATURE SO PROVIDES, A JUDGE OF A MUNIC-
 IPAL COURT OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW YORK ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  PARA-
 GRAPH (2) OF SUBDIVISION B OF SECTION NINE OF THIS ARTICLE MAY ENGAGE IN
 THE PRACTICE OF LAW.
   Judges  and justices of the courts specified in this subdivision shall
 also be subject to such rules of conduct as may be  promulgated  by  the
 chief  administrator  of  the  courts  with the approval of the court of
 appeals.
   c. Qualifications for and restrictions upon JUSTICES OF the [judges of
 district,] town[,] AND village [or city] courts [outside the city of New
 York, other than such qualifications and restrictions  specifically  set
 forth  in  subdivision  a  of  this section,] shall be prescribed by the
 legislature[,]; provided, however, that the legislature shall require  a
 course  of  training  and education to be completed by SUCH justices [of
 town and village courts selected after the effective date of this  arti-
 cle] who have not been admitted to practice law in this state.  [Judges]
 JUSTICES  of  such courts shall also be subject to such rules of conduct
 not inconsistent with laws as may be promulgated by the  chief  adminis-
 trator of the courts with the approval of the court of appeals.
   §  14. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 15 of article 6
 of the constitution, as renumbered by section eight of this  resolution,
 be amended to read as follows:
   §  15.  a. When a vacancy shall occur, otherwise than by expiration of
 term, in the office of AN ELECTIVE justice of  the  supreme  court[,  of
 judge of the county court, of judge of the surrogate's court or judge of
 the family court outside the city of New York], it shall be filled for a
 full  term  at the next general election held not less than three months
 after such vacancy occurs and, until the vacancy shall be so filled, the
 governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate, if the senate
 shall be in session, or, if the senate not be in session,  the  governor
 may  fill  such  vacancy by [an] appointment [which]; EXCEPT THAT, WHERE
 THE VACANCY IS IN THE OFFICE OF A JUSTICE WHO WAS A JUDGE OF  THE  CITY-
 WIDE  COURT  OF  CIVIL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK WHO BECAME A
 JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH C OF PARAGRAPH (1)
 OF SUBDIVISION B OF  SECTION  TWENTY-SEVEN  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  OR  SUCH
 JUDGE'S  OR  JUSTICE'S SUCCESSOR IN OFFICE, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW
 YORK SHALL FILL SUCH VACANCY BY APPOINTMENT.  THE  APPOINTING  AUTHORITY
 SHALL  CONSIDER WHETHER THE APPOINTMENT OF SUCH JUDGE OR JUSTICE RESULTS
 IN A JUDICIARY THAT REFLECTS THE  DIVERSITY  OF  THE  CITIZENRY  OF  THE
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 JURISDICTION FOR WHICH THE JUDGE OR JUSTICE IS APPOINTED, INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT  LIMITED  TO, DIVERSITY IN RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, RELIGION, SEXUAL
 ORIENTATION, AND NATURE OF LEGAL PRACTICE  OR  PROFESSIONAL  BACKGROUND.
 EACH  APPOINTMENT  PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION shall continue until and
 including the last day of December next after the election at which  the
 vacancy shall be filled.
   b.  When  a vacancy shall occur, otherwise than by expiration of term,
 in the office of [judge of the court of claims] AN APPOINTIVE JUSTICE OF
 THE SUPREME COURT, it shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same
 manner as an original appointment.
   c. When a vacancy shall occur, otherwise than by expiration  of  term,
 in  the  office  of judge elected to the [city-wide] MUNICIPAL court [of
 civil jurisdiction of] IN the city of New York, it shall be filled for a
 full term at the next general election held not less than  three  months
 after such vacancy occurs and, until the vacancy shall be so filled, the
 mayor  of  the  city of New York may fill such vacancy by an appointment
 which shall continue until and including the last day of  December  next
 after  the election at which the vacancy shall be filled. When a vacancy
 shall occur, otherwise than by expiration of term on  the  last  day  of
 December  of  any  year, in the office of judge appointed to the [family
 court within the city of New York or the city-wide] MUNICIPAL court  [of
 criminal jurisdiction of] IN the city of New York, the mayor of the city
 of  New York shall fill such vacancy by an appointment for the unexpired
 term; EXCEPT THAT, WHERE THE VACANCY IS IN THE OFFICE OF A JUDGE WHO WAS
 A HOUSING JUDGE OF THE CITY-WIDE COURT OF CIVIL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY
 OF NEW YORK WHO BECAME A  JUDGE  OF  THE  MUNICIPAL  COURT  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBPARAGRAPH C OF PARAGRAPH (1) OF SUBDIVISION C OF SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN
 OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  OR SUCH JUDGE'S SUCCESSOR IN OFFICE, THE MAYOR SHALL
 FILL SUCH VACANCY BY APPOINTMENT FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM FROM A  LIST  OF
 PERSONS  FOUND  QUALIFIED BY AN ADVISORY COUNCIL ESTABLISHED BY LAW. THE
 MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL CONSIDER WHETHER THE APPOINTMENT  OF
 SUCH JUDGE OR JUSTICE RESULTS IN A JUDICIARY THAT REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY
 OF  THE  CITIZENRY OF THE JURISDICTION FOR WHICH THE JUDGE OR JUSTICE IS
 APPOINTED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIVERSITY IN RACE,  ETHNICITY,
 GENDER,  RELIGION,  SEXUAL  ORIENTATION, AND NATURE OF LEGAL PRACTICE OR
 PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND.
   d. When a vacancy shall occur, otherwise than by expiration  of  term,
 in  the  office of judge of [the district] A MUNICIPAL court OUTSIDE THE
 CITY OF NEW YORK ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (1) OF SUBDIVISION  B
 OF  SECTION  NINE OF THIS ARTICLE, it shall be filled for a full term at
 the next general election held not less than  three  months  after  such
 vacancy  occurs  and, until the vacancy shall be so filled, the board of
 supervisors or the supervisor or supervisors of the [affected  district]
 AREA  FOR  WHICH  THE  COURT  WAS  ESTABLISHED  if  such [district] AREA
 consists of a portion of a county or, in counties with an elected county
 executive officer, such county executive officer may, subject to confir-
 mation by the board of supervisors or the supervisor or  supervisors  of
 such  [district]  AREA,  fill such vacancy by an appointment which shall
 continue until and including the last day of  December  next  after  the
 election  at which the vacancy shall be filled. THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY
 SHALL CONSIDER WHETHER THE APPOINTMENT OF SUCH JUDGE OR JUSTICE  RESULTS
 IN  A  JUDICIARY  THAT  REFLECTS  THE  DIVERSITY OF THE CITIZENRY OF THE
 JURISDICTION FOR WHICH THE JUDGE OR JUSTICE IS APPOINTED, INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO, DIVERSITY IN RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER,  RELIGION,  SEXUAL
 ORIENTATION, NATURE OF LEGAL PRACTICE OR PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND.
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   E.  WHEN  A VACANCY SHALL OCCUR, OTHERWISE THAN BY EXPIRATION OF TERM,
 IN THE OFFICE OF JUDGE OF A MUNICIPAL COURT OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW YORK
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF SUBDIVISION B OF  SECTION  NINE
 OF THIS ARTICLE, IT SHALL BE FILLED IN THE MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.
   §  15. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That subdivisions a, b, e, f
 and g of section 16 of article 6 of the constitution, as  renumbered  by
 section eight of this resolution, be amended to read as follows:
   a.  There shall be a commission on judicial conduct. The commission on
 judicial  conduct  shall  receive,  initiate,   investigate   and   hear
 complaints  with  respect  to  the  conduct,  qualifications, fitness to
 perform or performance of official duties of any judge or justice of the
 unified court system, in the manner provided by law; and, in  accordance
 with  subdivision  d  of  this  section,  may  determine that a judge or
 justice be admonished,  censured  or  removed  from  office  for  cause,
 including,  but not limited to, misconduct in office, persistent failure
 to perform [his or her] THE duties OF OFFICE, habitual intemperance, and
 conduct, on or off the  bench,  prejudicial  to  the  administration  of
 justice,  or  that  a judge or justice be retired for mental or physical
 disability preventing the proper performance of [his or her] THE JUDGE'S
 OR JUSTICE'S judicial duties. The commission  shall  transmit  [an]  ANY
 such  determination to the chief judge of the court of appeals who shall
 cause written notice of such determination to be given to the  judge  or
 justice  involved.  Such  judge or justice may either accept the commis-
 sion's determination or make written request to the chief judge,  within
 thirty  days after receipt of such notice, for a review of such determi-
 nation by the court of appeals.
   b. (1) The commission on judicial  conduct  shall  consist  of  eleven
 members,  of  whom  four  shall be appointed by the governor, one by the
 temporary president of the senate, one by the  minority  leader  of  the
 senate,  one  by the speaker of the assembly, one by the minority leader
 of the assembly and three by the chief judge of the court of appeals. Of
 the members appointed by the governor one person shall be  a  member  of
 the  bar  of  the  state  but  not  a judge or justice, two shall not be
 members of the bar, justices or judges or retired justices or judges  of
 the  unified  court  system,  and one shall be a judge or justice of the
 unified court system. Of the members appointed by the  chief  judge  one
 person shall be a justice of the appellate division of the supreme court
 and  two shall be judges or justices of a court or courts other than the
 court of appeals or appellate divisions.  None  of  the  persons  to  be
 appointed  by  the  legislative  leaders  shall be justices or judges or
 retired justices or judges.
   (2) [The persons first appointed by the governor  shall  have  respec-
 tively one, two, three, and four-year terms as the governor shall desig-
 nate.    The  persons first appointed by the chief judge of the court of
 appeals shall have respectively two, three, and four-year terms  as  the
 governor  shall  designate.  The person first appointed by the temporary
 president of the senate shall have a one-year  term.  The  person  first
 appointed  by  the  minority  leader of the senate shall have a two-year
 term. The person first appointed by the speaker of  the  assembly  shall
 have a four-year term. The person first appointed by the minority leader
 of  the  assembly  shall  have  a  three-year  term.] Each member of the
 commission shall be appointed [thereafter] for a  term  of  four  years.
 Commission membership of a judge or justice appointed by the governor or
 the  chief judge shall terminate if such member ceases to hold the judi-
 cial position which qualified [him or her] SUCH MEMBER for such appoint-
 ment. Membership shall also terminate if a  member  attains  a  position
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 which  would  have  rendered  [him  or  her]  SUCH MEMBER ineligible for
 appointment at the time of appointment. A vacancy shall be filled by the
 appointing officer for the remainder of the term.
   e. The court of appeals may suspend a judge or justice from exercising
 the powers of [his or her] office while there is pending a determination
 by  the  commission on judicial conduct for [his or her] SUCH JUDGE'S OR
 JUSTICE'S removal or retirement,  or  while  the  judge  or  justice  is
 charged  in  this state with a felony by an indictment or an information
 filed pursuant to section six  of  article  one.  The  suspension  shall
 continue upon conviction and, if the conviction becomes final, the judge
 or  justice shall be removed from office. The suspension shall be termi-
 nated upon reversal of the conviction and dismissal  of  the  accusatory
 instrument.  Nothing in this subdivision shall prevent the commission on
 judicial conduct from determining that a judge or justice be admonished,
 censured, removed, or retired pursuant to subdivision a of this section.
   f. Upon the recommendation of the commission on judicial conduct or on
 its own motion, the court of appeals may suspend a judge or justice from
 office when [he or she] SUCH JUDGE OR JUSTICE is charged  with  a  crime
 punishable  as a felony under the laws of this state, or any other crime
 which involves moral  turpitude.  The  suspension  shall  continue  upon
 conviction  and,  if  the conviction becomes final, the judge or justice
 shall be removed from office. The suspension shall  be  terminated  upon
 reversal  of  the conviction and dismissal of the accusatory instrument.
 Nothing in this subdivision shall prevent  the  commission  on  judicial
 conduct  from  determining  that  a  judge  or  justice  be  admonished,
 censured, removed, or retired pursuant to subdivision a of this section.
   g. A judge or justice who is suspended from office  by  the  court  of
 appeals  shall  receive  [his or her] SUCH JUDGE'S OR JUSTICE'S judicial
 salary during such period of suspension, unless the court directs other-
 wise. If the court has so directed and  such  suspension  is  thereafter
 terminated, the court may direct that the judge or justice shall be paid
 [his or her] ANY salary [for] NOT RECEIVED DURING such period of suspen-
 sion.
   §  16. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 17 of article 6
 of the constitution, as renumbered by section eight of this  resolution,
 be amended to read as follows:
   §  17.  a.  Judges of the court of appeals and justices of the supreme
 court may be removed by concurrent resolution  of  both  houses  of  the
 legislature,  if  two-thirds  of  all  the members elected to each house
 concur therein.
   b. Judges of [the court of claims, the county court,  the  surrogate's
 court, the family court, the courts for the city of New York established
 pursuant  to  section fifteen of this article,] the [district] MUNICIPAL
 court and such other courts as the  legislature  may  determine  may  be
 removed  by  the  senate, on the recommendation of the governor, if two-
 thirds of all the members elected to the senate concur therein.
   c. No judge or justice shall be removed  by  virtue  of  this  section
 except for cause, which shall be entered on the journals, nor unless [he
 or she] SUCH JUDGE OR JUSTICE shall have been served with a statement of
 the cause alleged, and shall have had an opportunity to be heard. On the
 question of removal, the yeas and nays shall be entered on the journal.
   §  17. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 18 of article 6
 of the constitution, as renumbered by section eight of this  resolution,
 be amended to read as follows:
   §  18. The assembly shall have the power of impeachment by a vote of a
 majority of all the members elected thereto. The court for the trial  of
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 impeachments  shall  be  composed  of  the  president of the senate, the
 senators, or the major part of them, and the  judges  of  the  court  of
 appeals,  or  the  major  part  of  them. On the trial of an impeachment
 against the governor or lieutenant-governor, neither the lieutenant-gov-
 ernor nor the temporary president of the senate shall act as a member of
 the court. No judicial officer shall exercise [his or her] THE POWERS OF
 office  after  articles of impeachment against [him or her] SUCH OFFICER
 shall have been preferred to the senate, until [he or she] SUCH  OFFICER
 shall  have  been  acquitted.    Before the trial of an impeachment, the
 members of the court shall take an oath or affirmation truly and  impar-
 tially  to  try the impeachment according to the evidence, and no person
 shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the  members
 present.  Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than
 to removal from office, or removal from office and  disqualification  to
 hold  and  enjoy any public office of honor, trust, or profit under this
 state; but the party impeached shall be liable to indictment and punish-
 ment according to law.
   § 18. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 19 of article  6
 of  the constitution, as renumbered by section eight of this resolution,
 be amended to read as follows:
   § 19. [a.] The compensation of a judge of  the  court  of  appeals,  a
 justice  of  the  supreme  court, a judge of [the] A MUNICIPAL court [of
 claims, a judge of the county court, a judge of the surrogate's court, a
 judge of the family court, a judge of a court for the city of  New  York
 established  pursuant to section fifteen of this article, a judge of the
 district court or of], AND a retired judge or justice  shall  be  estab-
 lished  by law and shall not be diminished during the term of office for
 which [he or she] SUCH JUDGE OR JUSTICE was elected or  appointed.  [Any
 judge  or  justice  of  a court abolished by section thirty-five of this
 article, who pursuant to that section becomes a judge or  justice  of  a
 court  established  or  continued by this article, shall receive without
 interruption or diminution for the remainder of the term for which he or
 she was elected or appointed to the abolished court the compensation  he
 or  she  had  been  receiving  upon  the  effective date of this article
 together with any additional compensation that may be prescribed by law.
   b. Each judge of the court of appeals, justice of the  supreme  court,
 judge  of  the  court of claims, judge of the county court, judge of the
 surrogate's court, judge of the family court, judge of a court  for  the
 city of New York established pursuant to section fifteen of this article
 and judge of the district court shall retire on the last day of December
 in  the  year  in  which he or she reaches the age of seventy. Each such
 former judge of the court of appeals and justice of  the  supreme  court
 may  thereafter  perform  the  duties of a justice of the supreme court,
 with power to hear and  determine  actions  and  proceedings,  provided,
 however,  that  it  shall  be certificated in the manner provided by law
 that the services of such judge or justice are necessary to expedite the
 business of the court and that he or she is mentally and physically able
 and competent to perform the  full  duties  of  such  office.  Any  such
 certification shall be valid for a term of two years and may be extended
 as provided by law for additional terms of two years. A retired judge or
 justice shall serve no longer than until the last day of December in the
 year  in which he or she reaches the age of seventy-six. A retired judge
 or justice shall be subject to assignment by the appellate  division  of
 the  supreme  court  of the judicial department of his or her residence.
 Any retired justice of the supreme court who had been designated to  and
 served  as a justice of any appellate division immediately preceding his
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 or her reaching the age of seventy shall be eligible for designation  by
 the governor as a temporary or additional justice of the appellate divi-
 sion. A retired judge or justice shall not be counted in determining the
 number  of justices in a judicial district for purposes of subdivision d
 of section six of this article.
   c. The provisions of this section shall  also  be  applicable  to  any
 judge  or justice who has not reached the age of seventy-six and to whom
 it would otherwise have been applicable but for the fact that he or  she
 reached the age of seventy and retired before the effective date of this
 article.]
   §  19. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 20 of article 6
 of the constitution, as renumbered by section eight of this  resolution,
 be amended to read as follows:
   §  20.  a.  A  justice  of the supreme court may perform the duties of
 office or hold court in any county and may be  temporarily  assigned  to
 the  supreme court in any judicial district [or to the court of claims].
 A justice of the supreme court [in the city of New York] may be  [tempo-
 rarily]  assigned to [the family court in the city of New York or to the
 surrogate's court in any  county  within  the  city  of  New  York  when
 required  to  dispose of the business] ANY DIVISION OR DIVISIONS of such
 court.
   b. [A judge of the court of claims may perform the duties of office or
 hold court in any county and may be temporarily assigned to the  supreme
 court in any judicial district.
   c.  A  judge  of  the county court may perform the duties of office or
 hold court in any county and may be temporarily assigned to the  supreme
 court in the judicial department of his or her residence or to the coun-
 ty  court  or the family court in any county or to the surrogate's court
 in any county outside the city of New York or to a court for the city of
 New York established pursuant to section fifteen of this article.
   d. A judge of the surrogate's court in any county within the  city  of
 New  York  may  perform the duties of office or hold court in any county
 and may be temporarily assigned to the supreme  court  in  the  judicial
 department of his or her residence.
   e.  A judge of the surrogate's court in any county outside the city of
 New York may perform the duties of office or hold court  in  any  county
 and  may  be  temporarily  assigned to the supreme court in the judicial
 department of his or her residence or to the county court or the  family
 court  in  any county or to a court for the city of New York established
 pursuant to section fifteen of this article.
   f. A judge of the family court may perform the  duties  of  office  or
 hold  court in any county and may be temporarily assigned to the supreme
 court in the judicial department of his or her residence or to the coun-
 ty court or the family court in any county or to the  surrogate's  court
 in any county outside of the city of New York or to a court for the city
 of New York established pursuant to section fifteen of this article.
   g. A judge of a court for the city of New York established pursuant to
 section fifteen of this article may perform the duties of office or hold
 court in any county and may be temporarily assigned to the supreme court
 in  the  judicial  department  of  his or her residence or to the county
 court or the family court in any county or to the other  court  for  the
 city  of  New York established pursuant to section fifteen of this arti-
 cle.
   h.] A judge of [the district] A MUNICIPAL court [in  any  county]  may
 perform  the  duties of office or hold court in any county [and], may be
 [temporarily] assigned to [the county court in the judicial  department]
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 ANY  DISTRICT  of [his or her residence or to a] SUCH JUDGE'S court [for
 the city of New York established pursuant to  section  fifteen  of  this
 article  or  ],  AND  MAY  BE TEMPORARILY ASSIGNED to [the district] ANY
 MUNICIPAL,  TOWN,  OR VILLAGE court in [any county] THE JUDICIAL DEPART-
 MENT OF SUCH JUDGE'S RESIDENCE.  AS MAY BE PROVIDED BY LAW, A JUDGE OF A
 MUNICIPAL COURT ALSO MAY BE TEMPORARILY ASSIGNED TO THE SUPREME COURT IN
 THE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT OF SUCH JUDGE'S RESIDENCE.   HOUSING  JUDGES  OF
 THE CITY-WIDE COURT OF CIVIL JURISDICTION ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO FORMER
 SECTION FIFTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE WHO BECAME JUDGES OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT
 IN  THE  CITY OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH C OF PARAGRAPH (1) OF
 SUBDIVISION C OF SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE AND THEIR  SUCCES-
 SORS IN OFFICE SHALL BE ASSIGNED TO THE HOUSING DIVISION OF SUCH MUNICI-
 PAL  COURT BUT MAY PRESIDE OVER ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING PENDING IN SUCH
 MUNICIPAL COURT AND MAY BE TEMPORARILY ASSIGNED TO THE  SAME  COURTS  AS
 ANY OTHER MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE.  ANY OTHER JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT
 IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK MAY BE ASSIGNED TO SUCH HOUSING DIVISION.
   [i.  Temporary  assignments  of  all  the foregoing judges or justices
 listed in this section, and of judges of the  city  courts  pursuant  to
 paragraph  two  of  subdivision  j of this section, shall be made by the
 chief administrator of the  courts  in  accordance  with  standards  and
 administrative  policies established pursuant to section twenty-eight of
 this article.
   j. (1)] C. The legislature may provide for temporary assignments with-
 in the county of  residence  or  any  adjoining  county[,]  of  [judges]
 JUSTICES  of  town[,]  AND village [or city] courts [outside the city of
 New York].  SUCH ASSIGNMENTS  MAY  INCLUDE  TEMPORARY  ASSIGNMENT  TO  A
 MUNICIPAL  COURT  OUTSIDE  THE  CITY OF NEW YORK PROVIDED THE JUSTICE SO
 ASSIGNED HAS BEEN PERMITTED TO PRACTICE LAW IN THIS STATE FOR  AT  LEAST
 FIVE YEARS OR SUCH GREATER NUMBER OF YEARS AS THE LEGISLATURE MAY DETER-
 MINE.
   [(2)  In  addition  to any temporary assignments to which a judge of a
 city court may be subject pursuant to paragraph one of this subdivision,
 such judge also may be temporarily assigned by the  chief  administrator
 of  the  courts  to  the  county court, the family court or the district
 court within his or her county of  residence  or  any  adjoining  county
 provided he or she is not permitted to practice law.
   k.] D.  TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENTS OF ALL THE FOREGOING JUDGES AND JUSTICES
 LISTED  IN  THIS SECTION SHALL BE MADE BY THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
 COURTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARDS AND ADMINISTRATIVE  POLICIES  ESTAB-
 LISHED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  TWENTY-TWO  OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED THE
 CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS SHALL CONSIDER WHETHER  THE  TEMPORARY
 ASSIGNMENT OF SUCH JUDGE OR JUSTICE RESULTS IN A JUDICIARY THAT REFLECTS
 THE  DIVERSITY  OF  THE  CITIZENRY OF THE JURISDICTION TO WHICH AND FROM
 WHICH THE JUDGE OR JUSTICE IS TRANSFERRED, INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED
 TO,  DIVERSITY IN RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, RELIGION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
 AND JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE OR PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND.
   E. While temporarily assigned  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this
 section,  any  judge or justice shall have the powers, duties and juris-
 diction of a judge or justice of the court to which assigned. After  the
 expiration of any temporary assignment, as provided in this section, the
 judge  or  justice assigned shall have all the powers, duties and juris-
 diction of a judge or justice of the court to which  [he  or  she]  SUCH
 JUDGE  OR  JUSTICE  was  assigned with respect to matters pending before
 [him or her] SUCH JUDGE OR JUSTICE during the  term  of  such  temporary
 assignment.
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   §  20. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 21 of article 6
 of the constitution, as renumbered by section eight of this  resolution,
 be amended to read as follows:
   §  21.  The governor may, when in [his or her] OF THE opinion THAT the
 public interest requires, appoint extraordinary  terms  of  the  supreme
 court.  The  governor  shall designate the time and place of holding the
 term and the justice who shall hold the term. The governor may terminate
 the assignment of the justice and may name another justice  in  [his  or
 her] SUCH JUSTICE'S place to hold the term.
   § 21. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That subdivision b of section
 22  of  article  6  of  the  constitution, such section as renumbered by
 section eight of this resolution, be amended to read as follows:
   b. The chief administrator, on behalf of the chief judge, shall super-
 vise the administration and operation of the unified court system.    In
 the  exercise  of  such  responsibility,  the chief administrator of the
 courts shall have such powers and duties as may be delegated to [him  or
 her]  THE  CHIEF  ADMINISTRATOR  by  the chief judge and such additional
 powers and duties as may be provided by law. WHEN APPOINTING ADMINISTRA-
 TIVE JUDGES, THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS SHALL CONSIDER WHETH-
 ER SUCH APPOINTMENTS REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF THE CITIZENRY OF THE STATE
 OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIVERSITY IN RACE,  ETHNICI-
 TY,  GENDER,  RELIGION,  SEXUAL  ORIENTATION, AND JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE OR
 PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND.
   § 22. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That subdivision a of section
 23 of article 6 of the constitution, as renumbered by section  eight  of
 this resolution, be amended to read as follows:
   a.  The  legislature  shall  provide for the allocation of the cost of
 operating and maintaining the court of appeals, the  appellate  division
 of  the  supreme court in each judicial department, THE APPELLATE TERMS,
 the supreme court, AND the [court  of  claims,  the  county  court,  the
 surrogate's court, the family court, the courts for the city of New York
 established pursuant to section fifteen of this article and the district
 court,] MUNICIPAL COURTS  among the state, the counties, the city of New
 York, and other political subdivisions.
   §  23. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 24 of article 6
 of the constitution, as renumbered by section eight of this  resolution,
 be amended to read as follows:
   §  24. The legislature shall have the same power to alter and regulate
 the jurisdiction and proceedings in law and in equity that it has  here-
 tofore exercised. The legislature may, on such terms as it shall provide
 and  subject  to subsequent modification, delegate, in whole or in part,
 to a court, including the appellate division of the supreme court, or to
 the chief administrator of the courts, any power possessed by the legis-
 lature to regulate practice and  procedure  in  the  courts.  The  chief
 administrator  of  the courts shall exercise any such power delegated to
 [him or her] THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR with the advice and consent of  the
 administrative  board  of  the  courts.  Nothing  herein contained shall
 prevent the adoption of regulations by individual courts consistent with
 the general practice and procedure as provided  by  statute  or  general
 rules.
   § 24. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That article 6 of the consti-
 tution be amended by adding a new section 27 to read as follows:
   § 27. A.  (1)  THE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT IN OFFICE ON DECEMBER
 THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SHALL, FOR THE REMAINDER  OF  THE
 TERMS  FOR WHICH THEY WERE SELECTED, BE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT IN
 AND FOR THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY WERE ELECTED  OR  FOR  WHICH
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 THEY WERE APPOINTED. RETIRED JUSTICES WHO, ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, WERE AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM THE DUTIES OF A JUSTICE
 OF  THE  SUPREME  COURT PURSUANT TO CERTIFICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 PROVISIONS  OF SUBDIVISION B OF FORMER SECTION TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE, SHALL BE CERTIFICATED JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT FOR THE REMAIN-
 DER OF THE TERMS FOR WHICH THEY WERE CERTIFICATED AND  THEREAFTER  SHALL
 BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR FURTHER CERTIFICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE.
 EACH DESIGNATION OF A JUSTICE OF THE  SUPREME  COURT  TO  THE  APPELLATE
 DIVISION  OR  AN  APPELLATE TERM IN EFFECT ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, NOT OTHERWISE REQUIRED TO EXPIRE ON ACCOUNT OF ANY
 PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE THEN IN EFFECT, SHALL CONTINUE  IN  EFFECT  ON
 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE.
   (2) EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, EACH ACTION AND
 PROCEEDING  PENDING  IN  THE SUPREME COURT ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SHALL BE DEEMED PENDING IN THE SUPREME COURT IN THE
 COUNTY IN WHICH SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS PENDING ON SUCH  DATE,  OR
 OTHERWISE AS MAY BE PROVIDED BY LAW.
   B. (1) EFFECTIVE OCTOBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE:
   A. THE COURT OF CLAIMS SHALL BE ABOLISHED;
   B.  EACH  ACTION  AND  PROCEEDING  PENDING  IN  THE COURT OF CLAIMS ON
 SEPTEMBER THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE SHALL BE DEEMED PENDING IN
 THE SUPREME COURT IN THE COUNTY  IN  WHICH  SUCH  ACTION  OR  PROCEEDING
 AROSE, OR OTHERWISE AS MAY BE PROVIDED BY LAW;
   C.  EACH  JUDGE  OF  THE  CITY-WIDE COURT OF CIVIL JURISDICTION OR THE
 CITY-WIDE COURT OF CRIMINAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  AS
 ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  FORMER SECTION FIFTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE, OR OF
 THE FAMILY COURT IN SUCH CITY, WHO, ON SEPTEMBER THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FIVE AND CONTINUOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY
 PRECEDING SUCH DATE, WAS  TEMPORARILY  ASSIGNED  TO  THE  SUPREME  COURT
 PURSUANT  TO  FORMER  SECTION  TWENTY-SIX OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL, FOR THE
 REMAINDER OF THE TERM OF OFFICE IN WHICH SUCH JUDGE WAS THEN SERVING, BE
 A JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT IN AND FOR THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN WHICH
 SUCH JUDGE WAS ELECTED TO SUCH TERM OR,  IF  APPOINTED,  IN  WHICH  SUCH
 JUDGE  RESIDED  ON SUCH DATE. THEREAFTER, THE OFFICE OF SUCH JUDGE SHALL
 BE AN OFFICE OF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, TO BE FILLED IN  THE  SAME
 MANNER  AND  FOR  THE  SAME TERM AS PROVIDED BY THIS ARTICLE ON DECEMBER
 THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR FOR A JUDGE  OF  THE  COURT  FROM
 WHICH  SUCH  JUDGE  WAS ASSIGNED TO SERVE ON THE SUPREME COURT, PROVIDED
 THAT WHERE SUCH JUSTICE IS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW
 YORK,  THE  MAYOR  OF  THE  CITY  OF NEW YORK SHALL CONSIDER WHETHER THE
 APPOINTMENT OF SUCH JUSTICE RESULTS IN A  JUDICIARY  THAT  REFLECTS  THE
 DIVERSITY  OF  THE  CITIZENRY  OF  THE JURISDICTION FOR WHICH JUSTICE IS
 APPOINTED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIVERSITY IN RACE,  ETHNICITY,
 GENDER,  RELIGION,  SEXUAL  ORIENTATION, AND NATURE OF LEGAL PRACTICE OR
 PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND.
   (2) EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT:
   A. THE COUNTY COURT, THE SURROGATE'S COURT, AND THE FAMILY COURT SHALL
 BE ABOLISHED; AND
   B. EACH ACTION AND PROCEEDING PENDING IN A COURT ABOLISHED PURSUANT TO
 SUBPARAGRAPH A OF THIS PARAGRAPH ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-SEVEN  SHALL BE DEEMED PENDING IN THE SUPREME COURT IN THE COUNTY
 IN WHICH SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS PENDING ON SUCH DATE,  OR  OTHER-
 WISE AS MAY BE PROVIDED BY LAW.
   (3)  UPON ABOLITION OF THE COURTS SPECIFIED IN SUBPARAGRAPH A OF PARA-
 GRAPH (1) AND SUBPARAGRAPH A OF PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THEIR
 SEALS, RECORDS, PAPERS, AND DOCUMENTS SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE  OFFICES
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 OF  THE  CLERKS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF SUCH COUNTIES AS MAY BE PROVIDED
 BY LAW. EACH OF THE JUDGES OF THESE COURTS IN  OFFICE  ON  THE  DATE  OF
 THEIR ABOLITION SHALL, FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM OF OFFICE FOR WHICH
 SUCH  JUDGE  WAS  SELECTED  TO  THE ABOLISHED COURT, BE A JUSTICE OF THE
 SUPREME COURT IN AND FOR THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN WHICH SUCH  JUDGE  WAS
 ELECTED  TO  SUCH  TERM OR, IF APPOINTED, IN WHICH SUCH JUDGE RESIDED ON
 SUCH DATE. THEREAFTER, THE OFFICE OF SUCH JUDGE SHALL BE  AN  OFFICE  OF
 JUSTICE  OF  THE  SUPREME COURT, TO BE FILLED IN THE SAME MANNER AND FOR
 THE SAME TERM AS PROVIDED BY THIS ARTICLE ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR  FOR THE OFFICE HELD BY THE JUDGE ON THE ABOLISHED
 COURT, PROVIDED THAT WHERE SUCH JUSTICE  IS  APPOINTED,  THE  APPOINTING
 AUTHORITY SHALL CONSIDER WHETHER THE APPOINTMENT OF SUCH JUSTICE RESULTS
 IN  A  JUDICIARY  THAT  REFLECTS  THE  DIVERSITY OF THE CITIZENRY OF THE
 JURISDICTION FOR WHICH THE JUSTICE  IS  APPOINTED,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  DIVERSITY  IN  RACE,  ETHNICITY,  GENDER, RELIGION, SEXUAL
 ORIENTATION, AND NATURE OF LEGAL PRACTICE OR PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND.
   C. EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY:
   (1) A. THE CITY-WIDE COURTS OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JURISDICTION FOR THE
 CITY OF NEW YORK ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO FORMER SECTION FIFTEEN OF  THIS
 ARTICLE SHALL BE ABOLISHED;
   B. EACH ACTION AND PROCEEDING PENDING IN A COURT ABOLISHED PURSUANT TO
 SUBPARAGRAPH  A OF THIS PARAGRAPH ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-NINE SHALL BE DEEMED PENDING IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT IN  THE  CITY
 OF NEW YORK; AND
   C. EACH JUDGE OF A COURT SPECIFIED IN SUBPARAGRAPH A OF THIS PARAGRAPH
 IN  OFFICE  ON THE DATE OF ITS ABOLITION SHALL, FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
 TERM OF OFFICE SUCH JUDGE WAS THEN SERVING ON THE ABOLISHED COURT, BE  A
 JUDGE  OF  THE MUNICIPAL COURT IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. THEREAFTER, SUCH
 JUDGE'S OFFICE SHALL BE AN OFFICE OF JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT IN THE
 CITY OF NEW YORK, TO BE FILLED IN THE SAME MANNER AND FOR THE SAME  TERM
 AS PROVIDED BY THIS ARTICLE ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-FOUR  FOR  THE  OFFICE HELD BY SUCH JUDGE ON SUCH DATE, PROVIDED THAT
 WHERE SUCH JUDGE IS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,  THE
 MAYOR  OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL CONSIDER WHETHER THE APPOINTMENT OF
 SUCH JUDGE RESULTS IN A JUDICIARY THAT REFLECTS  THE  DIVERSITY  OF  THE
 CITIZENRY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIVER-
 SITY  IN  RACE,  ETHNICITY,  GENDER,  RELIGION,  SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND
 NATURE OF LEGAL PRACTICE OR PROFESSIONAL  BACKGROUND.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF
 THIS  PARAGRAPH,  HOUSING JUDGES FOR THE CITY-WIDE COURT OF CIVIL JURIS-
 DICTION IN OFFICE ON DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-NINE
 SHALL  BE DEEMED JUDGES OF SUCH CITY-WIDE COURT OF CIVIL JURISDICTION ON
 SUCH DATE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE SUCCESSORS  IN  OFFICE  TO  EACH  SUCH
 HOUSING JUDGE SHALL BE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND, SUBJECT TO
 THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  C  OF SECTION FIFTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE,
 SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF TEN YEARS BY THE  MAYOR  OF  SUCH  CITY
 FROM  A  LIST  OF  PERSONS FOUND QUALIFIED BY AN ADVISORY COUNCIL ESTAB-
 LISHED BY LAW, WHICH SHALL CONSTRUCT SUCH LIST TO REFLECT THE  DIVERSITY
 OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW YORK, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIVERSITY IN
 RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, RELIGION, SEXUAL  ORIENTATION,  AND  NATURE  OF
 LEGAL PRACTICE OR PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND.
   (2)  A.  THE  DISTRICT  COURTS  HERETOFORE CONTINUED OR ESTABLISHED IN
 NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES PURSUANT TO FORMER SECTION SIXTEEN  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE  SHALL  BE CONTINUED AS MUNICIPAL COURTS AND DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (1) OF SUBDIVISION B OF  SECTION  NINE
 OF THIS ARTICLE;
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   B.  EACH ACTION AND PROCEEDING PENDING IN A DISTRICT COURT ON DECEMBER
 THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-NINE SHALL BE DEEMED  PENDING  IN  THE
 MUNICIPAL COURT THAT IS THE SUCCESSOR TO SUCH DISTRICT COURT ESTABLISHED
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (1) OF SUBDIVISION B OF SECTION NINE OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE; AND
   C.  EACH JUDGE OF A DISTRICT COURT IN OFFICE ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-NINE SHALL, FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM FOR  WHICH
 SUCH  JUDGE  WAS SELECTED, BE A JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT THAT IS THE
 SUCCESSOR TO SUCH DISTRICT COURT ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO  PARAGRAPH  (1)
 OF SUBDIVISION B OF SECTION NINE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (3)  A. THE CITY COURTS OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AS AUTHORIZED BY
 FORMER SECTION SEVENTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL BE CONTINUED AS  MUNICI-
 PAL  COURTS  FOR THE CITIES IN WHICH THEY WERE LOCATED ON DECEMBER THIR-
 TY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-NINE AND SHALL  BE  DEEMED  TO  HAVE  BEEN
 ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF SUBDIVISION B OF SECTION NINE
 OF THIS ARTICLE;
   B. EACH ACTION AND PROCEEDING PENDING IN A CITY COURT OUTSIDE THE CITY
 OF NEW YORK ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-NINE SHALL  BE
 DEEMED PENDING IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT THAT IS THE SUCCESSOR TO SUCH CITY
 COURT  ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF SUBDIVISION B OF SECTION
 NINE OF THIS ARTICLE; AND
   C. EACH JUDGE OF A CITY COURT IN OFFICE ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-NINE SHALL, FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM FOR WHICH SUCH
 JUDGE  WAS  SELECTED,  BE  A  JUDGE  OF SUCH MUNICIPAL COURT THAT IS THE
 SUCCESSOR TO SUCH CITY COURT ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO  PARAGRAPH  (2)  OF
 SUBDIVISION B OF SECTION NINE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (4)  UPON ABOLITION OF THE COURTS SPECIFIED IN SUBPARAGRAPH A OF PARA-
 GRAPH (1) AND SUBPARAGRAPH A OF PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS  SUBDIVISION,  AND
 CONTINUATION OF THE DISTRICT COURTS AUTHORIZED BY FORMER SECTION SIXTEEN
 OF  THIS  ARTICLE AS MUNICIPAL COURTS, THEIR SEALS, RECORDS, PAPERS, AND
 DOCUMENTS SHALL BECOME THE SEALS, RECORDS, PAPERS, AND DOCUMENTS OF  THE
 APPROPRIATE MUNICIPAL COURT AS MAY BE PROVIDED BY LAW.
   D.  IN  THE EVENT THAT A JUDGMENT OR ORDER WAS ENTERED BEFORE THE DATE
 OF ABOLITION OF A COURT HEREUNDER, OR CONTINUATION OF A COURT AS ANOTHER
 COURT, AND A RIGHT OF APPEAL EXISTED AND NOTICE OF APPEAL  THEREFROM  IS
 FILED  AFTER  SUCH  DATE, SUCH APPEAL SHALL BE TAKEN TO SUCH COURT AS IT
 MIGHT HAVE BEEN TAKEN BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION,  EXCEPT
 SUCH  AN  APPEAL  FROM  A  CITY,  TOWN, OR VILLAGE COURT IN THE THIRD OR
 FOURTH JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT SHALL BE TAKEN TO ANY APPELLATE TERM THAT HAS
 BEEN ESTABLISHED IF, PRIOR TO DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWEN-
 TY-NINE, SUCH APPEAL COULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN THERETO OR, OTHERWISE, TO THE
 SUPREME  COURT.  FURTHER APPEAL FROM A DECISION OF AN APPELLATE COURT IN
 AN ACTION SUBJECT TO  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  BE  AS  PROVIDED  BY  LAW,
 CONSISTENT WITH THIS ARTICLE.
   E.  IN  THE  EVENT THAT AN APPEAL WAS DECIDED BY A COUNTY COURT BEFORE
 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT AND A FURTHER APPEAL  COULD  BE
 TAKEN  AS  OF  RIGHT  AND NOTICE OF APPEAL THEREFROM IS FILED AFTER SUCH
 DATE, SUCH APPEAL MAY BE TAKEN TO ANY APPELLATE COURT TO WHICH  SUCH  AN
 APPEAL  COULD  HAVE BEEN TAKEN PRIOR TO SUCH DATE. FURTHER APPEAL FROM A
 DECISION OF SUCH APPELLATE COURT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE PROVISIONS  OF
 THIS  ARTICLE.  IF A FURTHER APPEAL COULD NOT BE TAKEN AS OF RIGHT, SUCH
 APPEAL SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   F. SUBJECT TO  APPROPRIATION  OF  SUFFICIENT  FUNDS,  THE  NONJUDICIAL
 PERSONNEL OF THE COURTS ABOLISHED OR CONTINUED BY THIS SECTION IN OFFICE
 ON  THE  DATE  OF  ABOLITION  OR CONTINUATION SHALL BE CONTINUED WITHOUT
 DECREASE IN SALARIES AND WITH THE SAME STATUS AND RIGHTS IN  THE  COURTS
 S. 8424                            23
 
 ESTABLISHED  OR CONTINUED BY THIS ARTICLE; AND ESPECIALLY SKILLED, EXPE-
 RIENCED, AND TRAINED PERSONNEL SHALL BE ASSIGNED TO  LIKE  FUNCTIONS  IN
 THE MUNICIPAL COURT OR THE SUPREME COURT, AS APPROPRIATE.
   G.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION  OF  THIS ARTICLE TO THE CONTRARY,
 WHERE THERE IS AN ADJUSTMENT IN THE NUMBER OF THE  JUDICIAL  DEPARTMENTS
 OF  THE STATE OR IN THE BOUNDARIES OF SUCH DEPARTMENTS PURSUANT TO PARA-
 GRAPH (2) OF SUBDIVISION A OF SECTION FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE:
   (1) THE LEGISLATURE SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE  TRANSFER  OF  APPEALS  THEN
 PENDING  IN  THE  APPELLATE  DIVISION  OR  IN  AN APPELLATE TERM IN EACH
 DEPARTMENT SO ADJUSTED TO THE APPELLATE DIVISION OR AN  APPELLATE  TERM,
 RESPECTIVELY,  FOR  THE DEPARTMENT IN WHICH SUCH APPEALS COULD HAVE BEEN
 TAKEN HAD SUCH ADJUSTMENT BEEN EFFECTIVE ON THE  DATE  SUCH  APPEAL  WAS
 TAKEN,  OR  IF  NO  APPELLATE TERM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THEREFOR, TO THE
 SUPREME COURT.
   (2) THE GOVERNOR MAY RE-APPORTION, AMONG THE DEPARTMENTS SO  ADJUSTED,
 THE  JUSTICES THERETOFORE DESIGNATED TO THE APPELLATE DIVISIONS THEREOF,
 PROVIDED THAT: (I) THE PRESIDING  JUSTICE  OF  ANY  JUDICIAL  DEPARTMENT
 AFFECTED  BY  SUCH  ADJUSTMENT  SHALL  BE  THE  PRESIDING JUSTICE OF THE
 DEPARTMENT THAT INCLUDES THE COUNTY OF SUCH JUSTICE'S RESIDENCE FOR  THE
 REMAINDER  OF  SUCH  JUSTICE'S TERM OF OFFICE, UNLESS THERE ALREADY IS A
 PRESIDING JUSTICE IN SUCH  DEPARTMENT,  IN  WHICH  EVENT  THE  PRESIDING
 JUSTICE  OF  THE  JUDICIAL  DEPARTMENT AFFECTED BY SUCH ADJUSTMENT SHALL
 SERVE AS A JUSTICE IN SUCH DEPARTMENT FOR THE DURATION OF  THE  TERM  OF
 OFFICE FOR WHICH SUCH JUSTICE WAS DESIGNATED AS PRESIDING JUSTICE; AND
   (II)  EACH  OTHER  JUSTICE  DESIGNATED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION C OF
 SECTION FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE TO THE APPELLATE DIVISION OF ANY DEPARTMENT
 SO ADJUSTED SHALL, FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM FOR WHICH SUCH  JUSTICE
 WAS  SO DESIGNATED, BE A JUSTICE OF THE DEPARTMENT TO WHICH SUCH JUSTICE
 IS RE-APPORTIONED.
   (3) WHERE COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBDIVISION IS  INCON-
 SISTENT  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE AS TO A
 JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT AFFECTED BY SUCH  ADJUSTMENT,  UNTIL  SUCH  TIME  AS
 THERE  IS COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH PROVISIONS ALL SUBSEQUENT DESIGNATIONS OF
 JUSTICES BY THE GOVERNOR TO THE APPELLATE DIVISION  OF  SUCH  DEPARTMENT
 SHALL BE AS PROVIDED BY LAW.
   (4)  IF  A  DEPARTMENT IS ABOLISHED, THE LEGISLATURE SHALL PROVIDE FOR
 THE DEPOSIT OF THE SEALS, RECORDS, PAPERS, AND DOCUMENTS OF  THE  APPEL-
 LATE DIVISION THEREOF, AS APPROPRIATE.
   § 25. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That article 6 of the consti-
 tution be amended by adding a new section 29 to read as follows:
   § 29. A.  EXCEPT  AS  PROVIDED  IN SUBDIVISION B OF THIS SECTION, THIS
 ARTICLE AND ALL AMENDMENTS THERETO, AS HERETOFORE APPROVED AND  RATIFIED
 BY THE PEOPLE, SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.
   B.  THE  REPEAL OF SECTIONS NINE, TEN, ELEVEN, TWELVE, THIRTEEN, FOUR-
 TEEN, SIXTEEN, SUBDIVISION J OF SECTION TWENTY-TWO AND SECTIONS  THIRTY-
 FOUR,  THIRTY-FIVE,  THIRTY-SIX, THIRTY-SIX-A, THIRTY-SIX-C, AND THIRTY-
 SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE, THE AMENDMENTS TO SECTIONS ONE, TWO,  FOUR,  SIX,
 SEVEN, AND EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE, THE RENUMBERING OF AND, AS RENUMBERED,
 THE  AMENDMENTS  TO  SECTIONS NINE, ELEVEN, THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, FIFTEEN,
 SIXTEEN, SEVENTEEN,  EIGHTEEN,  NINETEEN,  TWENTY,  TWENTY-ONE,  TWENTY-
 THREE,  AND  TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE, THE AMENDMENT OF SUBDIVISION B
 OF SECTION TWENTY-TWO, SUCH SECTION AS RENUMBERED HEREIN, THE  RENUMBER-
 ING OF SECTIONS TWELVE, SIXTEEN, EIGHTEEN, TWENTY-ONE, TWENTY-TWO, TWEN-
 TY-FOUR,  TWENTY-FIVE, TWENTY-SIX, AND TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE, AND
 THE ADDITION OF NEW SECTIONS TEN, TWENTY-SEVEN, AND TWENTY-NINE OF  THIS
 ARTICLE,  AS  FIRST  PROPOSED  BY  A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PASSED BY THE
 S. 8424                            24
 
 LEGISLATURE IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO,  ENTITLED  "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  THE REPEAL OF SECTIONS 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, SUBDIVI-
 SION J OF SECTION 22 AND SECTIONS 34, 35, 36, 36-A, 36-C AND 37 OF ARTI-
 CLE 6 OF THE CONSTITUTION RELATING THERETO", SHALL BECOME A PART OF  THE
 CONSTITUTION  ON  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE AND SHALL BE
 EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE; PROVIDED  PARAGRAPH  (2)  OF  SUBDIVISION  D  OF
 SECTION  SIX  OF  THIS  ARTICLE, AS ADDED BY THE AMENDMENTS HEREUNDER TO
 SUCH SECTION SIX, SHALL NOT BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT.
   C. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION B OF THIS SECTION,  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
 THIS  ARTICLE  IN  EFFECT ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 FOUR SHALL CONTINUE TO APPLY TO ANY COURT OR COURTS  SPECIFIED  IN  SUCH
 PROVISIONS, AND THE JUDGE OR JUDGES THEREOF, UNTIL THE ABOLITION OF SUCH
 COURT  OR  COURTS  AS  PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN OF THIS
 ARTICLE.
   § 26. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendments
 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
 next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
 conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.