| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to judiciary |
| Jan 07, 2009 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S436
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee
Actions
2009-S436 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Judiciary
- Law Section:
- Judiciary Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง185, Judy L
2009-S436 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S436
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the judiciary law, in relation to creating a separate
office of surrogate in the county of Niagara
PURPOSE :
To establish a new surrogate court judgeship in the county of Niagara.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1 amends Judiciary Law section 185 adding Niagara County to
the counties with separate offices of surrogate.
Sections 2 is the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION :
Niagara County is the largest county in the state that does not have a
sole sitting surrogate. Currently the 17th largest county in the
state, Niagara County is the only county with a population over
200,000 that does not have at least two dedicated County Court Judges
and an additional Surrogate's Court Judge. In addition, several
smaller counties in the state have at least two separately sitting
County Court Judges and a third sitting as a Surrogate. Currently, the
overwhelming caseload for Surrogate's Court matters, is handled by an
attorney designated as the Court's Referee/Hearing Officer that was
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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