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Apr 06, 2016 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Mar 14, 2016 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to judiciary |
Feb 09, 2015 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Jan 16, 2015 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 07, 2015 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S988
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) 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
2015-S988 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S988 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S988 TITLE OF BILL: CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 26 of article 6 of the constitution, in relation to authorizing district court judges to serve as family court judges PURPOSE: A constitutional amendment to allow a district court judge to serve as a family court judge in the judicial district of his or her residence. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Subdivision (h) of section 26 of article 6 of the constitution is amended to allow a judge of the district court in any county to be temporarily assigned to the family court in the judicial district of his or her residence. Section 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), that the foregoing amendment be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
2015-S988 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 988 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- 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 26 of article 6 of the constitution, in relation to authorizing district court judges to serve as family court judges Section 1. RESOLVED (if the Assembly concur), That subdivision h of section 26 of article 6 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: h. A judge of the district court in any county may perform the duties of office or hold court in any county and may be temporarily assigned to the county court in the judicial department of his or her residence or to a court for the city of New York established pursuant to section fifteen of this article or to the district court in any county OR TO THE FAMILY COURT IN THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HIS OR HER RESIDENCE. S 2. RESOLVED (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for 3 months previous to the time of such election. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD89008-01-5
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