Assembly Bill A50

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to raising the age limitation for judges to seventy-six years of age

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A50 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §23, Judy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A6917
2021-2022: A3238

2023-A50 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to raising the age limitation for judges to seventy-six years of age.

2023-A50 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    50
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to raising the age limi-
   tation for judges to seventy-six years of age
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 23 of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 649 of
 the laws of 1945, is amended to read as follows:
   §  23. Age limitation on term of judicial office. No person shall hold
 the office of judge, justice or  surrogate  of  any  court,  whether  of
 record  or  not  of  record,  except a justice of the peace of a town or
 police justice of a village, longer than until and  including  the  last
 day  of  December  next  after  he OR SHE shall be [seventy] SEVENTY-SIX
 years of age, except that a judge or justice in  office  or  elected  or
 appointed to office at the effective date of this section, as to whom no
 provision  limiting  his OR HER right to hold office to the close of the
 year following his OR HER attaining the  age  of  [seventy]  SEVENTY-SIX
 years  was  applicable  prior to the effective date of this section, may
 continue in office during the term for which he OR SHE  was  elected  or
 appointed.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01676-01-3

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