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Senate Bill S1780
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 11th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-S1780 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Judiciary
- Law Section:
- New York City Civil Court Act
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง102-a, NYC Civ Ct Act
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S1745
2013-2014: S1301
2011-S1780 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1780 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the New York city civil court act, in relation to the election of additional judges of the civil court of the city of New York PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL: This bill would apportion the eleven addition NYC Civil Court judgeships previously authorized by the legislature in 1993, but never distributed among the five counties of NYC and therefore never elected and utilized. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Subdivision 2 of section 102-a of the New York city civil court act as added by chapter 511 of the laws of 1993 is amended to apportion the eleven addition NYC Civil Court judgeships previously authorized by the legislature in 1993, but never distributed among the five counties of NYC and therefore never elected and utilized, as follows: New York County: 1 judgeship; Kings: 3 judgeships; Queens: 4 judgeships; Bronx: 2 judgeships; Richmond: 1 judgeship. JUSTIFICATION: The Civil Court docket in New York City has increased dramatically in the thirty years since additional judgeships were added. In recognition of this, the legislature authorized eleven additional
2011-S1780 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1780 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 12, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the New York city civil court act, in relation to the election of additional judges of the civil court of the city of New York THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 102-a of the New York city civil court act, as added by chapter 511 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows: 2. The twenty-five additional judges of the civil court of the city of New York authorized on June first, nineteen hundred sixty-eight by chap- ter nine hundred eighty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty- eight shall be elected in and from the residents of the following coun- ties in the indicated numbers: from the county of New York, seven; from the county of Kings, seven; from the county of Queens, six; from the county of Bronx, four; and from the county of Richmond, one. Such addi- tional judges shall receive the same compensation as the existing judges of the civil court of the city of New York. The eleven additional judges of the civil court of the city of New York authorized by [this] section SEVEN OF CHAPTER FIVE HUNDRED OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO shall be [chosen by the electors of the counties included within the city of New York from districts within such counties as shall be estab- lished by law] ELECTED IN AND FROM THE RESIDENTS OF THE FOLLOWING COUN- TIES IN THE INDICATED NUMBERS: FROM THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, ONE; FROM THE COUNTY OF KINGS, THREE; FROM THE COUNTY OF QUEENS, FOUR; FROM THE COUNTY OF BRONX, TWO; AND FROM THE COUNTY OF RICHMOND, ONE. SUCH ADDI- TIONAL JUDGES SHALL RECEIVE THE SAME COMPENSATION AS THE EXISTING JUDGES OF THE CIVIL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that in accordance with subdivision a of section 15 of article 6 of the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06332-01-1
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