Senate Bill S436

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Creates a separate office of surrogate in the county of Niagara

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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-S436 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง185, Judy L

2009-S436 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a separate office of surrogate in the county of Niagara; establishes that the election to fill the surrogate court judgeship established by this act shall be held in November 2009.

2009-S436 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S436 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   436

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- 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  creating  a  separate
  office of surrogate in the county of Niagara

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

  Section 1. Section 185 of the judiciary law, as added by  chapter  699
of the laws of 1969, is amended to read as follows:
  S  185.  Separate  office  of surrogate in the counties of Chautauqua,
Nassau, NIAGARA and Rockland. There is established a separate office  of
surrogate  in  the counties of Chautauqua, Nassau, NIAGARA and Rockland.
The election and term of such surrogate shall be in the manner  provided
by  section  twelve  of article six of the constitution. He OR SHE shall
have all the powers now established by law.
  S 2. This act shall take effect August  1,  2009;  provided,  however,
that  the additional surrogate's court judgeship provided for by section
one of this act shall first be elected at the  general  election  to  be
held in November 2009 and shall first take office January 1, 2010.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04621-01-9

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