NY State Senate Bill S7220

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 29, 2021	signed chap.188
Jun 17, 2021	delivered to governor
Jun 10, 2021	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.741 substituted for a8027 referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate
Jun 09, 2021	ordered to third reading cal.1719
Jun 07, 2021	referred to rules

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S7220 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8027
Law Section:: Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §140-a, Judy L

S7220 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the number of supreme court justices in certain districts.

S7220 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S7220

SPONSOR: SAVINO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the judiciary law, in relation to the number of supreme
court justices in each judicial district

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To increase the number of supreme court justices in eleven of the thir-
teen judicial districts in New York State.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends Section 140-a of the judiciary law to increase the
number of supreme court justices in eleven of the thirteen judicial
districts

The number of justices in the First Judicial District will remain the
same at thirty-eight.

The number of justices in the Second Judicial District will increase
from forty-nine to fifty.
The number of justices in the Third Judicial District will increase from
fifteen to sixteen.
The number of justices in the Fourth Judicial District will remain the
same at thirteen.
The number of justices in the Fifth Judicial District will increase from
seventeen to eighteen.
The number of justices in the Sixth Judicial District will increase from
ten to eleven.
The number of justices in the Seventh Judicial District will increase
from eighteen to nineteen.
The number of justices in the Eight Judicial District will increase from
twenty-six to twenty- seven.
The number of justices in the Ninth Judicial District will increase from
twenty-nine to thirty-one.
The number of justices in the Tenth Judicial District will increase
forty-eight to fifty.
The number of justices in the Eleventh Judicial District will increase
from forty-one to forty-two.
The number of justices in the Twelfth Judicial District will increase
from twenty-seven to twenty-eight.
The number of justices in the Thirteenth Judicial District will increase
from five to seven.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The New York Constitution, article VI, § 6 (d) authorizes one Supreme
Court judgeship for each increment of fifty thousand residents in a
judicial district. This bill adds judgeships in judicial district that
have less than the full allotment of judgeships as permitted by the
constitutional formula.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Each Supreme Court justice, staff and administration expenses costs
approximately $1 million. The total cost starting in fiscal year
2022-2023 will be approximately $14 million per year for the 14 judge-
ships created by this bill. In fiscal year 2002-2022, the cost will be
one quarter of that amount because the justices will only take the bench
starting on January 1, 2022.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S7220 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7220
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 7, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to the number of  supreme
   court justices in each judicial district
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 140-a of the judiciary law, as amended  by  chapter
 603 of the laws of 1973, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 1006 of the
 laws  of  1981,  subdivision  2 as amended by chapter 690 of the laws of
 2007, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter  711  of  the  laws  of  1978,
 subdivisions  5,  6,  7,  and 8 as amended by chapter 500 of the laws of
 1982, subdivisions 9 and 10 as amended by section 1 of part XX of  chap-
 ter  59  of  the  laws of 2018, subdivisions 11, 12 and 13 as amended by
 section 1 of part T of chapter 39 of the laws of 2019, and  the  closing
 paragraph  as  added  by  chapter 511 of the laws of 1993, is amended to
 read as follows:
   § 140-a. Number of supreme court justices in each  judicial  district.
 The  number  of  justices of the supreme court in each judicial district
 shall be as follows:
   1. First district, thirty-eight;
   2. Second district, [forty-nine] FIFTY;
   3. Third district, [fifteen] SIXTEEN;
   4. Fourth district, thirteen;
   5. Fifth district, [seventeen] EIGHTEEN;
   6. Sixth district, [ten] ELEVEN;
   7. Seventh district, [eighteen] NINETEEN;
   8. Eighth district, [twenty-six] TWENTY-SEVEN;
   9. Ninth district, [twenty-nine] THIRTY-ONE;
   10. Tenth district, [forty-eight] FIFTY;
   11. Eleventh district, [forty-one] FORTY-TWO;
   12. Twelfth district, [twenty-seven] TWENTY-EIGHT;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11657-02-1

 S. 7220                             2
 
   13. Thirteenth district, [five] SEVEN.
   No  person  may  serve  in  the office of justice of the supreme court
 unless he or she has been admitted to practice law in the state  of  New
 York  for  at  least  ten  years  as of the date he or she commences the
 duties of office.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Jun 10, 2021 - floor Vote

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Jun 9, 2021 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jun 9, 2021

S7220 (ACTIVE) - Details

S7220 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S7220 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S7220 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Diane J. Savino

Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor

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Jun 10, 2021 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 10, 2021

Jun 9, 2021 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jun 9, 2021

S7220 (ACTIVE) - Details

S7220 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S7220 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S7220 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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