Senate Bill S3506

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Renames the supreme court the superior court and the court of appeals the supreme court

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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-S3506 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10453
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Constn, generally
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S8226

2023-S3506 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Renames the supreme court the superior court and the court of appeals the supreme court.

2023-S3506 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3506 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3506
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  SKOUFIS,  MANNION,  MAY -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Judici-
   ary
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing  an  amendment to section 5 of article 3, section 1 of article
   5, sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 19, 20, 21,  22,  23,
   24,  25,  26,  27,  28, 29, 34, 35 and 36-a of article 6, section 1 of
   article 7, sections 5, 7 and 7-a of article 8, section 1 of article 9,
   section 13 of article 13, section 5 of article 14  and  section  4  of
   article  18  of  the constitution, in relation to renaming the supreme
   court the superior court and the court of appeals the supreme court
 
   Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the  closing  para-
 graph  of  section 5 of article 3 of the constitution be amended to read
 as follows:
   An apportionment by the legislature, or other body, shall  be  subject
 to  review  by the [supreme] SUPERIOR court, at the suit of any citizen,
 under such reasonable regulations as the legislature may prescribe;  and
 any  court  before  which a cause may be pending involving an apportion-
 ment,  shall  give  precedence  thereto  over  all  other   causes   and
 proceedings,  and  if  said  court  be  not  in session it shall convene
 promptly for the disposition of the same.   The court shall  render  its
 decision  within  sixty  days after a petition is filed. In any judicial
 proceeding relating to redistricting of congressional or state  legisla-
 tive  districts, any law establishing congressional or state legislative
 districts found to violate the  provisions  of  this  article  shall  be
 invalid  in  whole  or  in  part. In the event that a court finds such a
 violation, the legislature shall have a full and reasonable  opportunity
 to correct the law's legal infirmities.
   § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 1 of article 5 of
 the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   Section 1. The comptroller and attorney-general shall be chosen at the
 same general election as the governor and hold office for the same term,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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