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SECTION 2300
Application of this act; effective date
Uniform District Court Act (UDC) CHAPTER 565, ARTICLE 23
§ 2300. Application of this act; effective date.

(a) This act shall become law immediately, and all references
hereafter to the "uniform district court act" or to the "UDCA" in any
law of the state shall be deemed a reference to this act.

(b) This act shall not become operative in Nassau county, or in such
parts of Suffolk county as have already been provided by law with a
district court, until a law of the state shall so provide; and this act
shall not become operative in any other county or portion thereof, or in
such parts of Suffolk county as have not already been provided by law
with a district court, until a law of the state shall so provide and
such law be approved at a general election by the requisite majority of
the electors as set forth in section sixteen of article six of the
constitution.

(c) The following, with regard to each county or portion thereof,
shall be as provided in the law referred to in subdivision (b) or as
elsewhere provided by law:

1. The portion of the county in which there shall be a district court.

2. The districts within such county which shall comprise the court
therein.

3. The compensation of judges of the court.

4. All matters regarding expenses of the court, and the governmental
unit or units to be charged therewith.

5. The officers who shall be the enforcement officers of the court,
their titles and their territorial jurisdiction.