A5477-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: referred to judiciary
• Feb 22, 2011: referred to judiciary

A5477-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         5477
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 February 22, 2011
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON, SCHROEDER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
 A. BOYLAND -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  family court act, in relation to increasing the
 number of family court judges for the county of Monroe
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1. Subdivision (e) of section 131 of the family court act, as
 amended by chapter 178 of the laws  of  2000,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:

 (e)  In  the  county of Monroe there shall be [six] EIGHT family court
 judges and the number of such judges now  existing  in  said  county  is
 hereby  increased  accordingly; in the county of Erie there shall be six
 family court judges and the number of such judges now existing  in  said
 county  is  hereby  increased accordingly. In the county of Albany there
 shall be a total of three family court judges and  the  number  of  such
 judges now existing in such county is hereby increased accordingly.
 

S    2.  This act shall take effect immediately except that the family
 court judges provided for in this act shall  first  be  elected  at  the
 general  election  to  be  held  in  November, 2013 and shall first take
 office January 1, 2014.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07919-01-1

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