Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 27, 2022 |
print number 9389a |
May 27, 2022 |
amend (t) and recommit to judiciary |
Feb 23, 2022 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A9389A
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
THIELE
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
Bill Amendments
2021-A9389 - Details
2021-A9389 - Summary
Relates to requiring certain town and village justices be admitted to practice law in the state; requires town and village justices in a town or village with a high volume caseload be admitted to practice law in New York state; provides the determination of a town or village with a high volume caseload shall be made by the office of court administration in consultation with the division of criminal justice services.
2021-A9389 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9389 I N A S S E M B L Y February 23, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the uniform justice court act and the town law, in relation to requiring certain town and village justices be admitted to practice law in the state THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 105 of the uniform justice court act is amended by adding a new subdivision (a-1) to read as follows: (A-1) EDUCATION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A TOWN OR VILLAGE JUSTICE SELECTED FOR A TERM OF OFFICE IN A TOWN OR VILLAGE WITH A HIGH VOLUME CASELOAD SHALL BE ADMITTED TO PRAC- TICE LAW IN THE STATE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "TOWN OR VILLAGE WITH A HIGH VOLUME CASELOAD" SHALL MEAN THE FIFTY HIGHEST VOLUME CASELOADS IN TOWN AND VILLAGE COURTS IN THE STATE AS DETERMINED BY THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES. ANY CHANGE IN THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBIL- ITY TO SERVE AS A TOWN OR VILLAGE JUSTICE IN SUCH TOWN OR VILLAGE SHALL TAKE EFFECT UPON COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEXT JUDICIAL TERM OF OFFICE FOLLOWING THE DESIGNATION AS A TOWN OR VILLAGE WITH A HIGH VOLUME CASE- LOAD. § 2. Section 31 of the town law is amended by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows: 2-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A TOWN JUSTICE SELECTED FOR A TERM OF OFFICE IN A TOWN WITH A HIGH VOLUME CASELOAD, AS DETERMINED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A-1) OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIVE OF THE UNIFORM JUSTICE COURT ACT, SHALL BE ADMITTED TO PRACTICE LAW IN THE STATE. ANY CHANGE IN THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBIL- ITY TO SERVE AS A TOWN JUSTICE IN SUCH TOWN SHALL TAKE EFFECT UPON COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEXT JUDICIAL TERM OF OFFICE FOLLOWING THE DESIG- NATION AS A TOWN WITH A HIGH VOLUME CASELOAD. § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14136-02-2
2021-A9389A (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A9389A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to requiring certain town and village justices be admitted to practice law in the state; requires town and village justices in a town or village with a high volume caseload be admitted to practice law in New York state; provides the determination of a town or village with a high volume caseload shall be made by the office of court administration in consultation with the division of criminal justice services.
2021-A9389A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9389--A I N A S S E M B L Y February 23, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the uniform justice court act, the town law and the village law, in relation to requiring certain town and village justices be admitted to practice law in the state THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 105 of the uniform justice court act is amended by adding a new subdivision (a-1) to read as follows: (A-1) EDUCATION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NO PERSON MAY SERVE AS A TOWN OR VILLAGE JUSTICE IN A TOWN OR VILLAGE WITH A HIGH VOLUME CASELOAD UNLESS THEY ARE ADMITTED TO PRACTICE LAW IN THE STATE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "TOWN OR VILLAGE WITH A HIGH VOLUME CASELOAD" SHALL MEAN THE FIFTY HIGHEST VOLUME CASE- LOADS IN TOWN AND VILLAGE COURTS IN THE STATE AS DETERMINED BY THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES. THE INITIAL DETERMINATION SHALL BE BASED ON THE SUM OF CASES FROM TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AND TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN. SUBSEQUENT DETERMINATIONS SHALL TAKE PLACE EVERY TEN YEARS THEREAFTER AND SHALL USE THE SUM OF AT LEAST TWO YEARS' DATA. ANY CHANGE IN THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE AS A TOWN OR VILLAGE JUSTICE IN SUCH TOWN OR VILLAGE SHALL TAKE EFFECT UPON COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEXT JUDICIAL TERM OF OFFICE FOLLOWING THE DESIGNATION AS A TOWN OR VILLAGE WITH A HIGH VOLUME CASELOAD. § 2. Section 31 of the town law is amended by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows: 2-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NO PERSON MAY SERVE AS A TOWN JUSTICE IN A TOWN WITH A HIGH VOLUME CASE- LOAD, AS DETERMINED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A-1) OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIVE OF THE UNIFORM JUSTICE COURT ACT, UNLESS THEY ARE ADMITTED TO PRAC- TICE LAW IN THE STATE. ANY CHANGE IN THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE AS A TOWN JUSTICE IN SUCH TOWN SHALL TAKE EFFECT UPON COMMENCEMENT EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14136-03-2
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