Assembly Actions -
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Jun 03, 2022 |
committed to rules |
Mar 03, 2022 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 02, 2022 |
2nd report cal. |
Mar 01, 2022 |
1st report cal.580 |
Feb 07, 2022 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S8243
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 61st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) 18th Senate District
2021-S8243 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Uniform Justice Court Act
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §105, UJCA; amd §31, Town L
2021-S8243 (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-S8243 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8243 SPONSOR: RYAN TITLE OF BILL: 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 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill establishes a requirement that justices in high-volume town and village courts be licensed as attorneys. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: 1. Section 1 amends Section 105 of the uniform justice court act to require that a town or village justice selected for a term office in the fifty highest volume caseloads in town and village courts in the state as determined by OCA and DCJS be admitted to practice law in the state of New York. 2. Section 2 amends Section 31 of the town law to reflect the same
2021-S8243 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8243 I N S E N A T E February 7, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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
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