Assembly Bill A2682

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to hourly compensation and reimbursement for representation; repealer

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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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2025-A2682 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
County Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §722-b sub 2, amd §722-b, County L; amd §35, Judy L

2025-A2682 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the hourly compensation and reimbursement rate for representation to be subject to an annual cost of living increase as governed by the United States Criminal Justice Act; provides that all hourly rates shall be increased automatically each year in accordance with any federal pay comparability adjustment.

2025-A2682 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2682
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the county law and the judiciary  law,  in  relation  to
   hourly  compensation  and  reimbursement  for  representation;  and to
   repeal certain provisions of the county law relating thereto

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  722-b  of  the county law is
 REPEALED and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:
   2. HOURLY COMPENSATION TO BE RECEIVED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
 THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE SUBJECT TO AN ANNUAL COST OF LIVING INCREASE AS
 GOVERNED BY THE UNITED STATES CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT AND ALL HOURLY  RATES
 SHALL BE INCREASED AUTOMATICALLY EACH YEAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY FEDER-
 AL  PAY COMPARABILITY ADJUSTMENT.  SUCH ADJUSTMENT SHALL BE EFFECTIVE ON
 APRIL FIRST IN THE SAME YEAR THAT THE COST  OF  LIVING  ADJUSTMENT  GOES
 INTO EFFECT FOR FEDERAL DEFENDERS.
   §  2.  Section  35  of  the judiciary law is amended by adding two new
 subdivisions 9 and 10 to read as follows:
   9. HOURLY COMPENSATION TO BE RECEIVED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF
 THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO AN ANNUAL COST OF  LIVING  INCREASE  AS
 GOVERNED  BY THE UNITED STATES CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT AND ALL HOURLY RATES
 SHALL BE INCREASED AUTOMATICALLY EACH YEAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY FEDER-
 AL PAY COMPARABILITY ADJUSTMENT. SUCH ADJUSTMENT SHALL BE  EFFECTIVE  ON
 APRIL  FIRST  IN  THE  SAME YEAR THAT THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT GOES
 INTO EFFECT FOR FEDERAL DEFENDERS.
   10. ALL EXPENSES FOR PROVIDING COUNSEL AND SERVICES PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
 VISION THREE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE FUNDED BY THE STATE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect April 1, 2026. Effective  immediately,
 the  addition, amendment, and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03749-02-5

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