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Senate Bill S5947

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the town of Pavilion in Genesee county to share and hold justice court in the town of Covington in Wyoming county

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2025-S5947 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6979
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Genesee County

2025-S5947 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the town of Pavilion in Genesee county to share and hold justice court in the town of Covington in Wyoming county.

2025-S5947 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5947 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5947
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT in relation to authorizing the town of Pavilion in Genesee county
   to share and hold justice court in the town of  Covington  in  Wyoming
   county

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or  regu-
 lation  to  the contrary, the town of Pavilion in Genesee county and the
 town of Covington in Wyoming county  have  adopted  a  joint  resolution
 providing  for the adoption of a plan to authorize the town of Pavilion,
 Genesee county, to share and hold justice court in the town  of  Coving-
 ton,  Wyoming  county,  pursuant to an agreement made between such towns
 for the use of such court.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08644-02-5

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