S2678-2013 Actions

• Jan 23, 2013: REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

S2678-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S2678

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the judiciary law, in relation to judges
in the eighth judicial district

PURPOSE:  The purpose of this legislation is to limit, in the eighth
judicial district, the number of judges that can be from any one county.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:  Subdivision 8 of section 140-a of the judiciary
law is amended.

JUSTIFICATION:  The eighth judicial district is composed of the follow-
ing counties:  Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Orleans, Genesee, Allegany,
Niagara, Wyoming, and Erie, and has twenty-six judges. This legislation
would restrict to twenty-two, the number of judges that could come from
any one county. This restriction would allow counties with a smaller
population the ability to elect judges to the judicial district.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  2011,2012: S.2834/A.6216 Referred to Judiciary
2009,2010: S.2265/A.2086 Referred to Judiciary 2007,2008: S.2999/A.3671
Referred to Judiciary

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:  None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply
to judges selected after such effective date.

S2678-2013 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         2678
 2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 January 23, 2013
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 

AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to judges in  the  eighth
 judicial district
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 140-a of  the  judiciary  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  500  of  the  laws  of 1982, is amended to read as
 follows:

 8. Eighth district, twenty-six, PROVIDED THAT THERE SHALL BE  NO  MORE
 THAN TWENTY-TWO JUDGES FROM ANY ONE COUNTY WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT;
 

S  2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to judges
 elected after such effective date.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06956-01-3

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