Assembly Bill A10041B

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the sufficiency of the number of judges and justices in districts and courts

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  • Delivered to Governor
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co-Sponsors

2023-A10041 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Add §219-f, amd §212, Judy L

2023-A10041 - Summary

Directs the legislature to ensure that the number of judges and justices in districts and courts is sufficient; directs the chief administrator of the courts to report on the sufficiency of the number of judges and justices in each court and to make recommendations on such numbers.

2023-A10041 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10041
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 2, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BORES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to the sufficiency of the
   number of judges and justices in districts and courts
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. The judiciary law is amended by adding a new section 219-f
 to read as follows:
   § 219-F. SUFFICIENCY OF NUMBER OF JUDGES AND JUSTICES IN DISTRICTS AND
 COURTS. IN EXERCISING ITS POWERS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  B  OF  SECTION
 SIX  OF  ARTICLE  SIX OF THE CONSTITUTION, THE LEGISLATURE SHALL SEEK TO
 ENSURE THAT EACH  DISTRICT  AND  COURT  THEREIN  SHALL  HAVE  SUFFICIENT
 NUMBERS  OF  JUDGES  AND JUSTICES TO PERFORM ITS FUNCTIONS IN A THOROUGH
 AND EFFICIENT MANNER, CONSIDERING THE NUMBER  OF  CASES  FILED  IN  EACH
 COURT,  THE COMPLEXITY OF SUCH CASES, THE EXTENT OF DELAYS IN THE DISPO-
 SITION OF CASES IN EACH COURT, AND ANY OTHER FACTORS USED BY  RECOGNIZED
 NATIONAL  OR  STATE AUTHORITIES WHO STUDY THE PROPER ALLOCATION OF JUDI-
 CIAL RESOURCES.
   § 2. Paragraph (j) of subdivision 1 of section 212  of  the  judiciary
 law,  as added by chapter 156 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (j) Collect, compile  and  publish  statistics  and  other  data  with
 respect  to  the  unified  court system AND TO ASSIST THE LEGISLATURE IN
 PERFORMING ITS FUNCTIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED  NINETEEN-F  OF
 THIS  ARTICLE  and  submit  annually,  on or before the fifteenth day of
 March, to the legislature and the governor a report of [his] SUCH ADMIN-
 ISTRATOR'S activities and the state of the unified court  system  during
 the  preceding year. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION
 TO CHANGE THE NUMBER OF JUDGES AND JUSTICES AS NEEDED IN EACH COURT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15384-01-4

co-Sponsors

2023-A10041A - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Add §219-f, amd §212, Judy L

2023-A10041A - Summary

Directs the legislature to ensure that the number of judges and justices in districts and courts is sufficient; directs the chief administrator of the courts to report on the sufficiency of the number of judges and justices in each court and to make recommendations on such numbers.

2023-A10041A - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10041--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 2, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BORES, SEPTIMO -- 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 judiciary law, in relation to the sufficiency of the
   number of judges and justices in districts and courts

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The judiciary law is amended by adding a new section  219-f
 to read as follows:
   § 219-F. SUFFICIENCY OF NUMBER OF JUDGES AND JUSTICES IN DISTRICTS AND
 COURTS.  IN  EXERCISING  ITS POWERS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION B OF SECTION
 SIX OF ARTICLE SIX OF THE CONSTITUTION, THE LEGISLATURE  SHALL  SEEK  TO
 ENSURE  THAT  EACH  DISTRICT  AND  COURT  THEREIN  SHALL HAVE SUFFICIENT
 NUMBERS OF JUDGES AND JUSTICES TO PERFORM ITS FUNCTIONS  IN  A  THOROUGH
 AND  EFFICIENT  MANNER,  CONSIDERING  THE  NUMBER OF CASES FILED IN EACH
 COURT, THE COMPLEXITY OF SUCH CASES, THE EXTENT OF DELAYS IN THE  DISPO-
 SITION  OF CASES IN EACH COURT, AND ANY OTHER FACTORS USED BY RECOGNIZED
 NATIONAL OR STATE AUTHORITIES WHO STUDY THE PROPER ALLOCATION  OF  JUDI-
 CIAL RESOURCES.
   §  2.  Paragraph  (j) of subdivision 1 of section 212 of the judiciary
 law, as added by chapter 156 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (j)  Collect,  compile  and  publish  statistics  and  other data with
 respect to the unified court system IN ORDER TO ASSIST  THE  LEGISLATURE
 IN  PERFORMING  ITS FUNCTIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETEEN-F
 OF THIS ARTICLE and submit annually, on or before the fifteenth  day  of
 March, to the legislature and the governor a report of [his] SUCH ADMIN-
 ISTRATOR'S  activities  and the state of the unified court system during
 the preceding year.  SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE  RECOMMENDATIONS  ON  THE
 NUMBER  OF  JUDGES  AND JUSTICES NEEDED IN EACH COURT, WHICH RECOMMENDA-
 TIONS SHALL BE ACTED UPON IN SUCH MANNER AS THE LEGISLATURE MAY DIRECT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15384-03-4

co-Sponsors

2023-A10041B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Add §219-f, amd §212, Judy L

2023-A10041B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the legislature to ensure that the number of judges and justices in districts and courts is sufficient; directs the chief administrator of the courts to report on the sufficiency of the number of judges and justices in each court and to make recommendations on such numbers.

2023-A10041B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10041--B
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 2, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BORES, SEPTIMO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered
   reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee -- again
   reported from said committee with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to the sufficiency of the
   number of judges and justices in districts and courts
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The judiciary law is amended by adding a new section  219-f
 to read as follows:
   § 219-F. SUFFICIENCY OF NUMBER OF JUDGES AND JUSTICES IN DISTRICTS AND
 COURTS.  IN  EXERCISING  ITS POWERS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION B OF SECTION
 SIX OF ARTICLE SIX OF THE CONSTITUTION, THE LEGISLATURE  SHALL  SEEK  TO
 ENSURE  THAT  EACH  DISTRICT  AND  COURT  THEREIN  SHALL HAVE SUFFICIENT
 NUMBERS OF JUDGES AND JUSTICES TO PERFORM ITS FUNCTIONS  IN  A  THOROUGH
 AND  EFFICIENT MANNER, CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN
 A GIVEN JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE NUMBER OF CASES FILED IN EACH COURT,  THE
 COMPLEXITY  OF  SUCH  CASES,  THE EXTENT OF DELAYS IN THE DISPOSITION OF
 CASES IN EACH COURT, AND ANY OTHER FACTORS USED BY  RECOGNIZED  NATIONAL
 OR  STATE  AUTHORITIES  WHO  STUDY  THE  PROPER  ALLOCATION  OF JUDICIAL
 RESOURCES.
   § 2. Paragraph (j) of subdivision 1 of section 212  of  the  judiciary
 law,  as added by chapter 156 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (j) Collect, compile  and  publish  statistics  and  other  data  with
 respect  to  the unified court system IN ORDER TO ASSIST THE LEGISLATURE
 IN PERFORMING ITS FUNCTIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO  HUNDRED  NINETEEN-F
 OF  THIS  ARTICLE and submit annually, on or before the fifteenth day of
 March, to the legislature and the governor a report of [his] SUCH ADMIN-
 ISTRATOR'S activities and the state of the unified court  system  during
 the  preceding  year.   SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE
 NUMBER OF JUDGES AND JUSTICES NEEDED IN EACH  COURT,  WHICH  RECOMMENDA-
 TIONS SHALL BE ACTED UPON IN SUCH MANNER AS THE LEGISLATURE MAY DIRECT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

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