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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 15, 2024
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. K. Brown) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing  an  amendment  to the constitution, in relation to increasing
   the jurisdictional limits for county courts from twenty-five  thousand
   dollars to fifty thousand dollars

   Section  1.  Resolved  (if  the  Senate concur), That subdivision a of
 section 11 of article 6 of  the  constitution  be  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   a. The county court shall have jurisdiction over the following classes
 of  actions  and  proceedings  which  shall be originated in such county
 court in the manner provided by law, except that actions and proceedings
 within the jurisdiction of the district court or a town, village or city
 court outside the city of New York may, as provided by  law,  be  origi-
 nated  therein:  actions  and  proceedings  for  the  recovery of money,
 actions and proceedings for the recovery of  chattels  and  actions  and
 proceedings for the foreclosure of mechanics liens and liens on personal
 property  where  the  amount  sought to be recovered or the value of the
 property does not exceed [twenty-five] FIFTY thousand dollars  exclusive
 of interest and costs; over all crimes and other violations of law; over
 summary proceedings to recover possession of real property and to remove
 tenants  therefrom;  and  over  such  other actions and proceedings, not
 within the exclusive jurisdiction  of  the  supreme  court,  as  may  be
 provided by law.
   § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That subdivision d of section 16
 of article 6 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   d.  The district court shall have such jurisdiction as may be provided
 by law, but not in any respect greater  than  the  jurisdiction  of  the
 courts  for  the city of New York as provided in section fifteen of this
 article, provided, however, that in  actions  and  proceedings  for  the
 recovery  of money, actions and proceedings for the recovery of chattels
 and actions and proceedings for the foreclosure of mechanics  liens  and
 liens  on  personal  property,  the amount sought to be recovered or the
 value of the property shall not exceed [fifteen] FIFTY thousand  dollars
 exclusive of interest and costs.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   Resolved  (if  the  Senate  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.