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Assembly Bill A3870

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the number of judges of the family court in St. Lawrence county

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2025-A3870 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §131, Fam Ct Act
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7797

2025-A3870 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the number of judges of the family court in St. Lawrence county; adds an additional judge at the same compensation rate.

2025-A3870 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3870
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to the number of judg-
   es of the family court in St. Lawrence county
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 131 of the family court act is amended by adding a
 new subdivision (y) to read as follows:
   (Y) IN THE COUNTY OF ST. LAWRENCE THERE SHALL BE ONE ADDITIONAL FAMILY
 COURT JUDGE AND THE  NUMBER  OF  SUCH  JUDGES  NOW  EXISTING  IS  HEREBY
 INCREASED  ACCORDINGLY.  THE COMPENSATION OF THE ADDITIONAL FAMILY COURT
 JUDGE SHALL BE THE SAME AS THE EXISTING FAMILY COURT JUDGE IN SUCH COUN-
 TY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08221-01-5

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