Senate Bill S4928

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes the towns of Harrisburg, Montague, and Pinckney in Lewis county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-S4928 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7433
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Towns

2011-S4928 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the towns of Harrisburg, Montague, and Pinckney in Lewis county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns.

2011-S4928 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S4928 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4928

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 29, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to authorize the towns of Harrisburg, Montague, and  Pinckney  in
  Lewis  county  to  elect  a single town justice to preside in the town
  courts of such towns

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

  Section 1. Pursuant to section 106-b of the uniform justice court act,
the  towns  of  Harrisburg,  Montague  and Pinckney of Lewis County have
conducted and completed a study, each town having adopted a joint resol-
ution providing for the study, conducted a public hearing upon the find-
ings of the study, and adopted a joint  resolution  adopting  such  plan
providing  for  the  abolition of existing town justice positions in the
towns of  Harrisburg,  Montague  and  Pinckney  and  providing  for  the
election  of a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such
towns.  The town justice elected pursuant to this plan shall preside  in
the Towns of Harrisburg, Montague and Pinckney following the next gener-
al  election  in  such  towns  and  shall  preside  for the year term as
elected.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11210-01-1

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