Assembly Actions -
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Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to judiciary |
Jun 24, 2011 |
committed to rules |
May 23, 2011 |
advanced to third reading |
May 18, 2011 |
2nd report cal. |
May 17, 2011 |
1st report cal.744 |
Apr 27, 2011 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S4852
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 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
Votes
2011-S4852 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Judiciary
- Law Section:
- Judiciary Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §850, Judy L
2011-S4852 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4852 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the judiciary law, in relation to the designation of housing judges as judicial hearing officers This measure is being introduced at the request of the Judiciary. Present law limits those who may serve as a judicial hearing officer (JHO) to persons who have served for at least one year as a judge or justice of a court of the Unified Court System, other than a town or village court, and who no longer hold judicial office. Judiciary Law §850(1). This measure would expand those eligible for the JHO office to include former Housing Judges of the New York City Civil Court Housing Part. JHOs are used by overburdened courts to expedite disposition of congested caseloads. They serve in a variety of quasi-judicial capacities in all of the State's major trial courts, where they bring to their work many years of invaluable judicial and legal experience. Technically, Housing Judges are not Article VI constitutional judges. Rather, they are referees, appointed to function in a quasi-judicial capacity.(1) For this reason, they are not technically eligible for
2011-S4852 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4852 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 27, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- (at request of the Office of Court Admin- istration) -- 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 the designation of housing judges as judicial hearing officers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 850 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 21 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows: 1. Subject to the provisions of subdivision three of this section and to rules of the chief administrator of the courts, any person who has served as a judge or justice of a court of record of the unified court system [or of a city court which is not a court of record, but], OR, AS A HOUSING JUDGE OF THE CIVIL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, who no long- er holds judicial office, may, upon his OR HER application, be desig- nated by the chief administrator as a judicial hearing officer upon a determination by the chief administrator (a) that the former judge has the mental and physical capacity to perform the duties of such office and (b) that the services of that former judge are necessary to expedite the business of the courts. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "JUDICIAL OFFICE" SHALL INCLUDE THE OFFICE OF HOUSING JUDGE OF THE CIVIL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10931-01-1
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