Senate Bill S1217

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes an alternative youth criminal court for the city of Buffalo

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S1217 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2085
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Uniform City Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §2104, UCCA
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A685
2013-2014: A4494
2015-2016: A2992
2017-2018: A2921

2009-S1217 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an alternative youth criminal court for the city of Buffalo; creates an additional city court judge to preside over the new alternative youth criminal court; judge shall be elected at the general election in November 2010 and shall first take office January 1, 2011.

2009-S1217 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1217 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1217

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 28, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. THOMPSON, ONORATO -- 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, in relation to providing for
  an  additional  city  court judge for the city of Buffalo; relating to
  the establishment of an alternative youth criminal court  whereby  the
  additional city court judge presides over such court

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

  Section 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule  or  regu-
lation  to  the  contrary,  the  city of Buffalo is hereby authorized to
create a pilot program establishing an alternative youth criminal court.
Juveniles, age sixteen through eighteen, that would otherwise be  prose-
cuted  in  city  court for offenses of less than felony grade, committed
within such city, shall be prosecuted and sentenced in  the  alternative
youth criminal court.
  S  2.  Paragraph  7  of subdivision (d) of section 2104 of the uniform
city court act, as amended by chapter  493  of  the  laws  of  2006,  is
amended to read as follows:
  7   Buffalo, [thirteen] FOURTEEN full-time;
  S  3.  The full-time city court judge added by section two of this act
shall serve in the capacity as  the  alternative  youth  criminal  court
judge, established by section one of this act.
  S  4.  This  act  shall take effect January 1, 2011; provided, however
that the additional city court judge provided for in section two of this
act, shall first be elected at the general election to be held in Novem-
ber 2009 and shall first take office January 1,  2010.  Effective  imme-
diately,  the  office of court administration shall promulgate rules and
regulations necessary for the implementation of this act on  its  effec-
tive date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04667-01-9

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