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Assembly Bill A2551

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes minimum educational requirements of certain town and village justices

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2025-A2551 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly 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
2021-2022: A1031
2023-2024: A4363

2025-A2551 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes minimum educational requirements of certain town and village justices.

2025-A2551 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2551
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- 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.
                                                            LBD06188-01-5

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