Authorizes the towns of Lodi and Ovid in Seneca county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns.

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S7291-2011 Actions

• Jun 29, 2012: SIGNED CHAP.86
• Jun 26, 2012: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
• Jun 19, 2012: returned to senate
• Jun 19, 2012: passed assembly
• Jun 19, 2012: ordered to third reading rules cal.395
• Jun 19, 2012: substituted for a10083
• Jun 6, 2012: referred to judiciary
• Jun 6, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 6, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• May 31, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• May 30, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• May 23, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.915
• May 2, 2012: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

S7291-2011 Meetings

Local Government: May 23, 2012

S7291-2011 Calendars

Active List: Jun 6, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 30, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 31, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 4, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 5, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 6, 2012

S7291-2011 Votes

S7291-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S7291

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to authorize the towns of Lodi and Ovid in Seneca
county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of
such towns

PURPOSE:
This bill would allow the Towns of Lodi and Ovid in Seneca county to
elect one Town Justice to preside in the town courts of such towns.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Amends the Uniform Justice Court Act authorizing the towns of Lodi and
Ovid in Seneca county, to elect a single town justice to preside in
the town courts of such towns and provides for an immediate effective
date.

JUSTIFICATION:
The Towns of Lodi and Ovid are contiguously located in Seneca county.
In an effort to consolidate services, the towns have requested that a
single town justice preside over both town courts.

In recent years, the need for two town justices in these adjacent
towns seems unnecessary. Recently the position of town Justice for
Town of Ovid has become vacant and the two towns see this as an
opportunity to consolidate services and reduce expenditures. Upon a
temporary appointment by the Fifth Judicial District Administrative
Judge, the position of Town Justice in the Town of Ovid had been
filled by the Honorable Louis VanCleef, Town of Lodi Justice. So far
this arrangement has been beneficial to both towns.

Both Towns support consolidating to use one Justice for both towns, and
for the combined Justice to hold court in the town courts of such
towns.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediate.

S7291-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    7291

                              I N  SENATE

                                 May 2, 2012
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

  AN ACT to authorize the towns of Lodi and Ovid in Seneca 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 Lodi and Ovid of Seneca 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 aboli-
  tion of existing town justice positions in the towns of  Lodi  and  Ovid
  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 Lodi and Ovid following the next
  general  election  in  such towns and shall preside for the year term as
  elected.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






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