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Senate Bill S3450
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 53rd 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-S3450 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7000
- Current Committee:
- Senate Judiciary
- Law Section:
- Judiciary Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง86, Judy L
2011-S3450 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3450 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the judiciary law, in relation to requiring the designation and assignment of not less than one supreme court justice to hold court in the county seat of each county within the judicial district PURPOSE: To provide that a supreme court judge holds court at the county seat of each county in the judicial district. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Amends the judiciary law by adding that the justices of the appellate division shall assign at least one supreme court justice to hold court at the county seat of each of the counties in the judicial district. JUSTIFICATION: This legislation would provide that smaller populated counties within a judicial district are provided fair access to judicial court proceedings. Many of the larger counties within a judicial district have increasingly elected Judges from their counties thus preventing equal access to court proceedings for people living in less populated
2011-S3450 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3450 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 22, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- 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 requiring the desig- nation and assignment of not less than one supreme court justice to hold court in the county seat of each county within the judicial district THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 86 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 692 of the laws of 1962, is amended to read as follows: The justices of the appellate division in each department shall have power to fix the times and places for holding special and trial terms of the supreme court held therein, and to assign the justices in the departments to hold such terms; or make rules therefor; and may from time to time make additional appointments and designations, or change or alter those already made. HOWEVER, FROM THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES OF EACH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUSTICES OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION SHALL DESIGNATE AND ASSIGN AT LEAST ONE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE TO HOLD COURT AT THE COUNTY SEAT OF EACH OF THE COUNTIES IN THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT. S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05582-01-1
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