Assembly Actions -
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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Feb 05, 2013 |
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Assembly Bill A4494
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PEOPLES-STOKES
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2013-A4494 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A4494 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes an alternative youth criminal court for the city of Buffalo; creates an additional city court judge to preside over the new alternative youth criminal court; provides that the judge shall be elected at the general election in November 2013 and shall first take office January 1, 2014.
2013-A4494 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4494 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 5, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the uniform city court act, in relation to providing for an additional city court judge for the city of Buffalo; relating to the establishment of an alternative youth criminal court whereby the additional city court judge presides over such court THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule or regu- lation to the contrary, the city of Buffalo is hereby authorized to create a pilot program establishing an alternative youth criminal court. Juveniles, age sixteen through eighteen, that would otherwise be prose- cuted in city court for offenses of less than felony grade, committed within such city, shall be prosecuted and sentenced in the alternative youth criminal court. S 2. Paragraph 7 of subdivision (d) of section 2104 of the uniform city court act, as amended by chapter 493 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: 7 Buffalo, [thirteen] FOURTEEN full-time; S 3. The full-time city court judge added by section two of this act shall serve in the capacity as the alternative youth criminal court judge, established by section one of this act. S 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015; provided, however that the additional city court judge provided for in section two of this act, shall first be elected at the general election to be held in Novem- ber 2013 and shall first take office January 1, 2014. Effective imme- diately, the office of court administration shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec- tive date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07878-01-3
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