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Feb 19, 2014 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Jan 13, 2014 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to judiciary |
Feb 15, 2013 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Jan 23, 2013 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 18, 2013 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S2549
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 47th 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
2013-S2549 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Judiciary
- Law Section:
- Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
- Laws Affected:
- Amd Art VI ยง25, Constn
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S6254
2011-2012: S1226
2013-S2549 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2549 TITLE OF BILL: CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 25 of article 6 of the constitution, in relation to eliminating mandatory retirement for judges PURPOSE: To eliminate the New York State constitutional requirement mandating that New York State judges retire at the age of 70 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This resolution would eliminate the mandate requiring New York State judges to retire at the age of 70 by removing sections 25(b) and (c) from Article VI from the New York State Constitution. EXISTING LAW: Article VI Sections 25 (b) and (c) mandate that New York State judges retire at age 70 and outlines limited exceptions to this requirement. JUSTIFICATION: Age discrimination has no place in the workforce. Yet the New York State Constitution mandates that all New York State judges retire when they reach the age of 70. This sends a terrible message that those over the age of 70 do not have the mental capacity to function effectively in the workplace or handle complex tasks. In the past 50 years 19 Court of Appeals judges, and countless lower court judges, have been forced to retire due to this arbitrary age
2013-S2549 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2549 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 18, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 25 of article 6 of the constitution, in relation to eliminating mandatory retirement for judges Section 1. RESOLVED (if the Assembly concur), That section 25 of arti- cle 6 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: S 25. [a.] The compensation of a judge of the court of appeals, a justice of the supreme court, a judge of the court of claims, a judge of the county court, a judge of the surrogate's court, a judge of the fami- ly court, a judge of a court for the city of New York established pursu- ant to section fifteen of this article, a judge of the district court or of a retired judge or justice shall be established by law and shall not be diminished during the term of office for which he or she was elected or appointed. Any judge or justice of a court abolished by section thir- ty-five of this article, who pursuant to that section becomes a judge or justice of a court established or continued by this article, shall receive without interruption or diminution for the remainder of the term for which he or she was elected or appointed to the abolished court the compensation he or she had been receiving upon the effective date of this article together with any additional compensation that may be prescribed by law. [b. Each judge of the court of appeals, justice of the supreme court, judge of the court of claims, judge of the county court, judge of the surrogate's court, judge of the family court, judge of a court for the city of New York established pursuant to section fifteen of this article and judge of the district court shall retire on the last day of December in the year in which he or she reaches the age of seventy. Each such former judge of the court of appeals and justice of the supreme court may thereafter perform the duties of a justice of the supreme court, with power to hear and determine actions and proceedings, provided, however, that it shall be certificated in the manner provided by law EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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