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Assembly Bill A5477

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Increases number of family court judges in Monroe county from six to eight

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2011-A5477 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง131, Fam Ct Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3702
2013-2014: A2732

2011-A5477 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases number of family court judges in Monroe county from six to eight, the additional judges to be elected in November of 2013 and take office January 1, 2014.

2011-A5477 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5477

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 22, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON, SCHROEDER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
  A. BOYLAND -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  family court act, in relation to increasing the
  number of family court judges for the county of Monroe

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

  Section  1. Subdivision (e) of section 131 of the family court act, as
amended by chapter 178 of the laws  of  2000,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (e)  In  the  county of Monroe there shall be [six] EIGHT family court
judges and the number of such judges now  existing  in  said  county  is
hereby  increased  accordingly; in the county of Erie there shall be six
family court judges and the number of such judges now existing  in  said
county  is  hereby  increased accordingly. In the county of Albany there
shall be a total of three family court judges and  the  number  of  such
judges now existing in such county is hereby increased accordingly.
  S    2.  This act shall take effect immediately except that the family
court judges provided for in this act shall  first  be  elected  at  the
general  election  to  be  held  in  November, 2013 and shall first take
office January 1, 2014.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07919-01-1

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