Assembly Actions -
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Jun 30, 2023 |
signed chap.185 |
Jun 23, 2023 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 09, 2023 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.784 substituted for a7654 |
Jun 07, 2023 |
referred to judiciary delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1723 committee discharged and committed to rules |
May 31, 2023 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S7496
Signed By Governor2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 36th Senate District
Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) 16th Senate District
(D) 32nd Senate District
(D) 11th Senate District
2023-S7496 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7654
- Law Section:
- Judiciary
2023-S7496 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7496 SPONSOR: BAILEY TITLE OF BILL: An act to authorize the office of court administration to pay certain judicial compensation PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA: To make whole fifteen justices who were initially denied certification in September 2020, but resumed service in June 2021, in terms of their salary and their pensions that they would have earned from January 1, 2021 to June 14, 2021. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill provides the legislative intent. Section two of the bill authorizes the office of court administration (OCA) to pay fifteen supreme court justices and appellate division justices who were initially denied certification in September 2020 but
2023-S7496 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7496 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 31, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to authorize the office of court administration to pay certain judicial compensation THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The legislature finds and declares the following: Under New York state law, supreme court justices must retire on Decem- ber 31 of the year that they turn 70, unless they request permission to continue to serve an additional six years, in three two-year terms, until the age of 76, under a process called certification. Until 2020, justices were routinely granted certification. In September 2020, 46 of the 49 supreme court and appellate court justices who applied were denied certification by the office of court administration based on potential future budget cuts that never materialized, despite an actual need for the services of those justices. The justices who had been denied certification were permitted to reapply in April 2021, but were not permitted to resume their service as justices until June 15, 2021. 15 of the justices denied certification continue to serve the people of New York as supreme court justices or appellate division justices. As a result of that denial of certification, those justices were deprived of salaries they otherwise would have been paid for five and one-half months, for the period from January 1, 2021 to June 14, 2021, as well as the concomitant pension credit for that period. Those justices who took their pensions during that period and continue to work as of June 15, 2023, will be required to repay the New York state and local employees' retirement system the full amount of the pension payments received, with interest. In 2021 the legislature allocated monies to the office of court administration to make those 15 justices whole. This body is in agreement with the office of court administration, that in the interest of fairness, and for the purpose of remedying the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11644-01-3
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