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Jun 18, 2012 |
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Senate Bill S7755
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-S7755 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10727
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
- Laws Affected:
- Amd Art 6 §§2 & 25, add Art 6 §36-d, Constn
2011-S7755 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7755 TITLE OF BILL: CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing amendments to sections 2 and 25 of article 6 and adding section 36-d to such article of the constitution, in relation to retirement of judges and justices This measure is being introduced at the request of the Chief Judge of the State and the Chief Administrative Judge. This measure would amend sections 2(e) and 25(b) of Article VI of the State Constitution to increase the mandatory retirement age for Judges of the Court of Appeals, permit retired Justices of the Supreme Court to continue in judicial service for two-year periods as certificated Justices until age 80 and authorize certification of retired judges of the other major trial courts to continue in judicial service for two-year periods until they reach age 76. No change is proposed in the current constitutional mandate that judges of most courts must retire at age 70.(1) Each year, the court system loses many competent judges who are required to leave the bench for no other reason than the fact that they have attained age 70. This has been the constitutional mandatory retirement age for over 150 years,(2) and it has long since ceased to bear any meaningful relationship to an individual's ability to
2011-S7755 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7755 I N S E N A T E June 18, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- (at request of the Office of Court Admin- istration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing amendments to sections 2 and 25 of article 6 and adding section 36-d to such article of the constitution, in relation to retirement of judges and justices Section 1. RESOLVED (if the Assembly concur), That subdivision e of section 2 of article 6 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: e. The governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the senate, from among those recommended by the judicial nominating commis- sion, a person to fill the office of chief judge or associate judge, as the case may be, whenever a vacancy occurs in the court of appeals; provided, however, that no person may be appointed a judge of the court of appeals unless such person is a resident of the state [and], has been admitted to the practice of law in this state for at least ten years AND WHO HAS NOT REACHED THE LAST DAY OF DECEMBER IN THE YEAR IN WHICH HE OR SHE REACHES THE AGE OF SEVENTY. The governor shall transmit to the senate the written report of the commission on judicial nomination relating to the nominee. S 2. RESOLVED (if the Assembly concur), That subdivision b of section 25 of article 6 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: b. 1. Each [judge of the court of appeals,] justice of the supreme court, judge of the court of claims, judge of the county court, judge of the surrogate's court, judge of the family court, judge of a court for the city of New York established pursuant to section fifteen of this article [and], judge of the district court AND JUDGE OF A CITY COURT OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW YORK shall retire on the last day of December in the year in which he or she reaches the age of seventy. EACH JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS SHALL RETIRE ON THE LAST DAY OF DECEMBER IN THE YEAR IN WHICH HE OR SHE REACHES THE AGE OF EIGHTY. 2. Each [such] former [judge of the court of appeals and] justice of the supreme court may thereafter perform the duties of a justice of the supreme court, with power to hear and determine actions and proceedings, provided, however, that it shall be certificated in the manner provided by law that the services of such [judge or] justice are necessary to
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