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                                   1112
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the uniform city court act and chapter 493 of  the  laws
   of  2006,  amending  the  uniform city court act and the judiciary law
   relating to judges of city courts, in  relation  to  making  the  city
   court judges in the city of Norwich full-time positions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 36 of subdivision (d)  of  section  2104  of  the
 uniform  city  court act, as amended by chapter 548 of the laws of 2013,
 is amended to read as follows:
    36   Norwich, [one full-time and one part-time] TWO FULL-TIME;
   § 2. Section 8 of chapter 493  of  the  laws  of  2006,  amending  the
 uniform  city court act and the judiciary law relating to judges of city
 courts, is amended to read as follows:
   § 8. Transition. Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law,  for
 purposes of this act:
   (a) On the effective date of this section:
   (i)  in  each of the following cities, every acting judgeship shall be
 abolished and replaced by a part-time judgeship: Auburn, Beacon,  Canan-
 daigua,  Dunkirk,  Geneva,  Gloversville, Glens Falls, Jamestown, Johns-
 town, Lackawanna,  Little  Falls,  Lockport,  Mechanicville,  [Norwich,]
 Olean,  Oneida, Oswego, Peekskill, Plattsburgh, Port Jervis, Rensselaer,
 Rye, Salamanca and Watervliet. Each person serving in a judgeship  abol-
 ished  by  this  subdivision  shall continue in service in the part-time
 judgeship that replaces  such  abolished  judgeship  hereunder  for  the
 remainder  of  the  term  of  office  to which he or she was selected as
 acting city court judge; and
   (ii) each of the following part-time judgeships shall be abolished and
 replaced by a full-time judgeship: the part-time  city  court  judge  of
 Amsterdam,  the  office  of  which  was  filled  by  election for a term

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

                                                            LBD04259-01-7

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 commencing January 1, 2003, the elected city court judge of Batavia, the
 elected city court judge of Beacon, the  elected  city  court  judge  of
 Canandaigua,  the  elected city court judge of Corning, the elected city
 court  judge  of  Dunkirk, the part-time city court judge of Elmira, the
 elected city court judge of Fulton, the part-time city  court  judge  of
 Long  Beach, THE PART-TIME CITY COURT JUDGE OF NORWICH WHO SERVES IN THE
 OFFICE THAT FORMERLY WAS THAT OF ACTING CITY COURT JUDGE OF NORWICH, the
 elected city court judge of Ogdensburg, the elected city court judge  of
 Olean,  the  part-time  city  court judge of Poughkeepsie, the part-time
 city court judge of Rye, the part-time city court judge of Syracuse, and
 the part-time city court judge of White Plains the office of  which  was
 filled  by  appointment  in May 2003. Each person serving in a judgeship
 abolished by this subdivision shall continue in service in the full-time
 judgeship that replaces such abolished judgeship for  the  remainder  of
 the  term  of  office  to  which he or she was selected in the abolished
 judgeship.
   (b) The new office of full-time city court judge in the [city]  CITIES
 of Niagara Falls AND NORWICH created pursuant to this act shall first be
 filled  by  election  at  the  next  general election at which it can be
 filled for a full term to commence January first next thereafter.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.