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Senate Bill S10310

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the towns of Ellington and Charlotte in Chautauqua county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns

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2025-S10310 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Chautauqua County

2025-S10310 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the towns of Ellington and Charlotte in Chautauqua county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns.

2025-S10310 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10310
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 12, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to authorize the towns of Ellington and Charlotte  in  Chautauqua
   county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of
   such towns
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Pursuant to section 106-b of the uniform justice court act,
 the towns of Ellington and Charlotte in Chautauqua County have conducted
 and completed a study, each  town  having  adopted  a  joint  resolution
 providing for the study, conducted a public hearing upon the findings of
 the  study,  and adopted a joint resolution adopting such plan providing
 for the abolition of existing town justice positions  in  the  towns  of
 Ellington  and Charlotte and providing for the election of a single town
 justice to preside in the town courts of such towns.  The  town  justice
 elected  pursuant  to  this plan shall preside in the towns of Ellington
 and Charlotte following the next general  election  in  such  towns  and
 shall preside for the year term as elected.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15616-01-6

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