Senate Bill S8642

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the appointment of grand jury stenographers in Orange county

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S8642 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9719
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§321, 322 & 327, Judy L

2021-S8642 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the number of grand jury stenographers in Orange county; permits them to reside in an adjoining county; directs that their compensation be fixed by the county budget.

2021-S8642 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8642 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8642
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 24, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to grand  jury  stenogra-
   phers appointed by the Orange county district attorney
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision i of section 321 of the judiciary law, as added
 by chapter 93 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as follows:
   i. In the county of Orange, it shall be lawful for the district attor-
 ney of said county to appoint [two]  SIX  stenographers,  each  of  whom
 shall  have  authority to take and transcribe the testimony given before
 the grand juries in said county of Orange, and such  appointments  shall
 be  in  writing  under  the hand and seal of such district attorney, and
 shall be filed in the county clerk's office in the county of Orange.
   § 2. Section 322 of the judiciary law, as amended by  chapter  165  of
 the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   §  322.  Stenographers  to  be  citizens and residents of county where
 appointed. Every stenographer appointed under  the  provisions  of  this
 title  shall  be  a  citizen  and  resident of the county in which he is
 appointed, except that  the  district  attorney  of  Warren  county  may
 appoint a stenographer residing either in the county of Washington or in
 the  county of Saratoga and the district attorney of Hamilton county may
 appoint a stenographer residing in the county of Fulton and the district
 attorney of Wyoming county may appoint a stenographer residing either in
 the county of Genesee or in the county of Livingston  and  the  district
 attorney of Madison county may appoint a stenographer residing either in
 the  county  of  Onondaga or in the county of Oneida or in any county in
 the sixth judicial district and the district attorney of Allegany county
 may appoint a stenographer residing in the county of Steuben or  in  any
 county  in  the  eighth  judicial  district and the district attorney of
 Niagara county may appoint a stenographer  residing  in  the  county  of
 Erie,  Genesee  or Orleans and the district attorneys of Chemung, Tioga,
 Tompkins and Otsego counties may each appoint a stenographer residing in
 any county in the sixth judicial district and the district  attorney  of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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