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Assembly Bill A6134

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes the fourteenth judicial district

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2025-A6134 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1944
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§70, 140 & 140-a, Judy L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10088, S9397

2025-A6134 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the fourteenth judicial district which shall consist of the counties of Putnam, Dutchess, Orange and Rockland.

2025-A6134 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6134
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to creating a fourteenth
   judicial district
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 70 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 690
 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   § 70. Judicial departments. The state  is  hereby  divided  into  four
 judicial departments. The first department shall consist of the counties
 embraced  within  the  first  and twelfth judicial districts; the second
 department shall consist of the counties  embraced  within  the  second,
 ninth,   tenth,  eleventh  [and],  thirteenth  AND  FOURTEENTH  judicial
 districts; the third department shall consist of the  counties  embraced
 within  the  third,  fourth  and  sixth  judicial  districts; the fourth
 department shall consist of the  counties  embraced  within  the  fifth,
 seventh and eighth judicial districts.
   §  2.  The  opening  paragraph and the ninth undesignated paragraph of
 section 140 of the judiciary law, the opening paragraph  as  amended  by
 chapter  690 of the laws of 2007 and the ninth undesignated paragraph as
 amended by chapter 10 of the laws of 1948, are amended and a  new  four-
 teenth undesignated paragraph is added to read as follows:
   The   state  is  hereby  divided  into  [thirteen]  FOURTEEN  judicial
 districts, pursuant to the provisions of the first section of the  sixth
 article  of  the  constitution,  which  districts  shall  be arranged as
 follows:
   The ninth judicial district shall consist of the [counties] COUNTY  of
 Westchester[, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange and Rockland];
   THE  FOURTEENTH  JUDICIAL  DISTRICT  SHALL  CONSIST OF THE COUNTIES OF
 PUTNAM, DUTCHESS, ORANGE, AND ROCKLAND. THE CREATION OF SUCH  FOURTEENTH
 DISTRICT  SHALL  NOT  AFFECT OR IMPAIR THE RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES OR COMPEN-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03502-01-5

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