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Assembly Bill A4363

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes minimum educational requirements of certain town and village justices

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2023-A4363 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2554
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Uniform Justice Court Act
Laws Affected:
Add §105-a, UJCA
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8336
2015-2016: A2867
2017-2018: A1517
2019-2020: A3801, S7692
2021-2022: A1031, S437
2025-2026: A2551, S7008

2023-A4363 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes minimum educational requirements of certain town and village justices.

2023-A4363 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4363
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, MAGNARELLI, WEPRIN, McDONOUGH, McMAHON
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the uniform justice court act, in relation to establish-
   ing  minimum  educational  requirements  of  certain  town and village
   justices

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  uniform justice court act is amended by adding a new
 section 105-a to read as follows:
 § 105-A. MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF CERTAIN  TOWN  AND  VILLAGE
            JUSTICES.
   NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY TOWN
 OR VILLAGE, MAY BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF SUCH TOWN OR
 VILLAGE, REQUIRE THAT ANY PERSON WHO SERVES AS A TOWN OR VILLAGE JUSTICE
 BE ADMITTED TO PRACTICE LAW IN THE STATE.   ANY CHANGE IN  THE  REQUIRE-
 MENTS  FOR  ELIGIBILITY  TO  SERVE AS TOWN OR VILLAGE JUSTICE SHALL TAKE
 EFFECT UPON COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEXT JUDICIAL TERM OF  OFFICE  FOLLOWING
 THE ELECTION AFTER ENACTMENT OF THE LOCAL LAW.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07152-01-3

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