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                                   5984
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 25, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. R. CARROLL, PAULIN, SEAWRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored
   by -- M. of A.  LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee  on
   Judiciary
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing  amendments  to  article 6 of the constitution, in relation to
   the manner of selecting judges  and  justices  of  the  unified  court
   system, and to repeal section 21 of article 6 thereof relating thereto
 
   Section  1.  Resolved  (if  the  Senate concur), That subdivision c of
 section 4 of article 6  of  the  constitution  be  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   c.  The  governor shall designate the presiding justice of each appel-
 late division, who shall act as such during [his or her] THEIR  term  of
 office  and shall be a resident of the department. The other justices of
 the appellate divisions shall be designated by the  governor,  from  all
 the justices [elected to] OF the supreme court, OTHER THAN THOSE SERVING
 BY  INTERIM  APPOINTMENT  PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE
 for terms of five years or the unexpired portions  of  their  respective
 terms of office, if less than five years.
   §  2.  Resolved  (if  the Senate concur), That subdivisions b and c of
 section 6 of article 6  of  the  constitution  be  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   b.  Once  every ten years the legislature may increase or decrease the
 number of judicial  districts  or  alter  the  composition  of  judicial
 districts  and  thereupon  re-apportion  the  justices  to be thereafter
 [elected] SELECTED in the judicial districts so altered.  Each  judicial
 district shall be bounded by county lines.
   c.  [The justices of the supreme court shall be chosen by the electors
 of the judicial district in which they  are  to  serve.]  The  terms  of
 justices  of the supreme court shall be fourteen years [from and includ-
 ing the first day of January next after their election].
   § 3. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 9 of article  6  of
 the constitution be amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   §  9.  The court of claims is continued. It shall consist of the eight
 judges now authorized by law, but  the  legislature  may  increase  such
 number  and  may  reduce  such  number to six or seven. The TERMS OF THE
 judges shall be [appointed by the governor by and with  the  advice  and
 consent  of  the  senate and their terms of office shall be] nine years.
 The court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine  claims  against
 the  state  or  by the state against the claimant or between conflicting
 claimants as the legislature may provide.
   § 4. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That subdivisions  a  and  b  of
 section  10  of  article  6  of  the  constitution be amended to read as
 follows:
   a. The county court is continued in each county outside  the  city  of
 New  York. There shall be at least one judge of the county court in each
 county and such number of additional judges in each  county  as  may  be
 provided  by law. The judges shall be residents of the county [and shall
 be chosen by the electors of the county].
   b. The terms of the judges of the county  court  shall  be  ten  years
 [from and including the first day of January next after their election].
   §  5.  Resolved  (if  the Senate concur), That subdivisions b and c of
 section 12 of article 6 of  the  constitution  be  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   b. The judges of the surrogate's court shall be residents of the coun-
 ty [and shall be chosen by the electors of the county].
   c. The terms of the judges of the surrogate's court in the city of New
 York shall be fourteen years, and in other counties ten years[, from and
 including the first day of January next after their election].
   § 6. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That subdivision a of section 13
 of article 6 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   a. The family court of the state of New York is hereby established. It
 shall  consist  of at least one judge in each county outside the city of
 New York and such number of additional judges for such counties  as  may
 be provided by law. Within the city of New York it shall consist of such
 number  of  judges  as  may be provided by law. The judges of the family
 court within the city of New York shall be residents of  such  city  and
 [shall  be  appointed  by the mayor of the city of New York for terms of
 ten years. The] THE judges of the family court outside the city  of  New
 York[,]  shall  be  [chosen by the electors of the counties wherein they
 reside for] RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY. THE terms of JUDGES OF  THE  FAMILY
 COURT SHALL BE ten years.
   § 7. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That subdivision a of section 15
 of article 6 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   a.  The legislature shall by law establish a single court of city-wide
 civil jurisdiction and a single court of city-wide criminal jurisdiction
 in and for the city of New  York  and  the  legislature  may,  upon  the
 request  of  the mayor and the local legislative body of the city of New
 York, merge the two courts into one city-wide court of  both  civil  and
 criminal  jurisdiction.  The said city-wide courts shall consist of such
 number of judges as may be provided by law. The judges of the  court  of
 city-wide  civil  jurisdiction  AND  OF  THE COURT OF CITY-WIDE CRIMINAL
 JURISDICTION shall be residents of such city [and shall be  chosen  for]
 AND THEIR terms [of] SHALL BE ten years [by the electors of the counties
 included within the city of New York from districts within such counties
 established by law. The judges of the court of city-wide criminal juris-
 diction shall be residents of such city and shall be appointed for terms
 of ten years by the mayor of the city of New York].
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   § 8. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That subdivision h of section 16
 of article 6 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   h.  The judges shall be residents of the district and [shall be chosen
 by the electors of the district. Their] THEIR terms shall be  six  years
 [from and including the first day of January next after their election].
   §  9.  Resolved  (if the Senate concur), That the opening paragraph of
 subdivision b of section 20 of article 6 of the constitution be  amended
 to read as follows:
   A  judge  of the court of appeals, justice of the supreme court, judge
 of the court of claims, judge of a county court,  judge  of  the  surro-
 gate's court, judge of the family court or judge of a court for the city
 of New York established pursuant to section fifteen of this article [who
 is  elected  or  appointed after the effective date of this article] may
 not:
   § 10. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 21 of article 6 of
 the constitution be REPEALED and a new section 21 be added  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  21.  A.  THERE  SHALL  BE A JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION FOR EACH
 JUDICIAL DISTRICT OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO EVALUATE THE  QUALIFI-
 CATIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT IN SUCH DISTRICT TO THE OFFICES OF
 JUDGE  OR  JUSTICE  OF  THE  SUPREME COURT, THE COUNTY COURT, THE FAMILY
 COURT, THE SURROGATE'S COURT, AND, IN EACH DISTRICT IN  WHICH  THE  DIS-
 TRICT COURT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, THE DISTRICT COURT. THERE SHALL BE ONE
 CITY-WIDE  JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION TO EVALUATE THE QUALIFICATIONS
 OF CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO THE OFFICES  OF
 JUDGE OR JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, THE FAMILY COURT, THE SURROGATE'S
 COURT,  AND THE CITY-WIDE COURT OR COURTS FOR SUCH CITY ESTABLISHED PUR-
 SUANT TO SECTION FIFTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE. THERE SHALL BE  ONE  STATEWIDE
 JUDICIAL  NOMINATING COMMISSION TO EVALUATE THE QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDI-
 DATES FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE OFFICE OF JUDGE OF THE COURT OF CLAIMS, AND
 FOR DESIGNATION TO THE OFFICES OF PRESIDING JUSTICE AND JUSTICE  OF  THE
 APPELLATE DIVISION.
   B. (1) EACH SUCH COMMISSION SHALL CONSIST OF THIRTEEN AT-LARGE MEMBERS
 OF  WHOM  FOUR  SHALL  BE  APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, THREE BY THE CHIEF
 JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, ONE EACH BY THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF
 THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SEN-
 ATE AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY, AND ONE BY THE PRESIDENT OF
 THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  BAR  ASSOCIATION.  THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
 COURTS SHALL BE A MEMBER OF THE STATEWIDE  JUDICIAL  NOMINATING  COMMIS-
 SION.  EACH  COMMISSION,  OTHER  THAN  A  STATEWIDE  JUDICIAL NOMINATING
 COMMISSION, ALSO SHALL INCLUDE ONE AT-LARGE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE PRE-
 SIDING JUSTICE OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT IN WHICH  THE
 DISTRICT  IS  LOCATED  AND  TWO REGIONAL MEMBERS FROM EACH COUNTY IN THE
 DISTRICT APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIAL OF THE  COUNTY,  EXCEPT
 THAT  THERE SHALL BE FOUR REGIONAL MEMBERS APPOINTED FROM EACH COUNTY IN
 THE CITY OF NEW YORK, TWO OF  WHOM  SHALL  BE  APPOINTED  BY  THE  CHIEF
 ELECTED  OFFICIAL  OF  SUCH COUNTY AND TWO OF WHOM SHALL BE APPOINTED BY
 THE MAYOR OF SUCH CITY. REGIONAL  MEMBERS  SHALL  SERVE  ONLY  WHEN  THE
 VACANT  OFFICE  IS  TO  BE FILLED BY A RESIDENT OF THEIR COUNTY.  TO THE
 EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE MEMBERS OF EACH COMMISSION SHALL REFLECT  DIVER-
 SITY  OF  RACE,  GENDER,  SEXUAL  ORIENTATION, ETHNICITY, GEOGRAPHY AND,
 AMONG THOSE WHO ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE BAR, VARIOUS PRACTICE AREAS  AND
 SIZE OF PRACTICE.
   (2)  OF THE FOUR MEMBERS OF EACH COMMISSION APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR,
 NOT MORE THAN TWO SHALL BE ENROLLED IN THE SAME POLITICAL PARTY  AND  AT
 LEAST  TWO  SHALL  NOT  BE MEMBERS OF THE BAR OF THE STATE. OF THE THREE
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 MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS,  NOT  MORE
 THAN  TWO SHALL BE MEMBERS OF THE BAR OF THE STATE. THE MEMBER APPOINTED
 BY THE PRESIDING JUSTICE OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION SHALL BE A MEMBER  OF
 THE  BAR OF THE STATE. THE TWO REGIONAL MEMBERS FROM EACH COUNTY OUTSIDE
 THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL NOT BE ENROLLED IN THE SAME  POLITICAL  PARTY
 AND  ONE SHALL NOT BE A MEMBER OF THE BAR OF THE STATE. THE TWO REGIONAL
 MEMBERS FROM EACH COUNTY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK APPOINTED BY THE  CHIEF
 ELECTED  OFFICIAL  OF EACH SUCH COUNTY SHALL NOT BE ENROLLED IN THE SAME
 POLITICAL PARTY AND ONE SHALL NOT BE A MEMBER OF THE BAR OF  THE  STATE,
 AND  THE  TWO  REGIONAL MEMBERS FROM EACH COUNTY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
 APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR OF SUCH CITY SHALL NOT BE ENROLLED  IN  THE  SAME
 POLITICAL  PARTY  AND ONE SHALL NOT BE A MEMBER OF THE BAR OF THE STATE.
 EXCEPT FOR THE  CHIEF  ADMINISTRATOR  OF  THE  COURTS,  NO  AT-LARGE  OR
 REGIONAL  MEMBER  OF ANY COMMISSION SHALL HOLD OR HAVE HELD ANY JUDICIAL
 OFFICE OR HOLD ANY ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICE FOR WHICH THEY RECEIVE  COMPEN-
 SATION  DURING  THEIR  PERIOD  OF  SERVICE, EXCEPT THAT THE GOVERNOR AND
 CHIEF JUDGE MAY EACH APPOINT NO MORE THAN ONE FORMER JUDGE OR JUSTICE OF
 THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM TO EACH COMMISSION.  NO  AT-LARGE  OR  REGIONAL
 MEMBER  OF ANY COMMISSION SHALL HOLD OFFICE IN ANY POLITICAL PARTY, AND,
 EXCEPT FOR THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS,  NO  MEMBER  SHALL  BE
 ELIGIBLE  FOR  APPOINTMENT  TO JUDICIAL OFFICE IN ANY COURT OF THE STATE
 DURING THE MEMBER'S PERIOD OF SERVICE OR WITHIN ONE YEAR THEREAFTER.
   (3) THE MEMBERS OF EACH COMMISSION FIRST  APPOINTED  BY  THE  GOVERNOR
 SHALL  HAVE,  RESPECTIVELY,  ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR YEAR TERMS AS THEY
 SHALL DESIGNATE. THE MEMBERS FIRST APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF JUDGE  OF  THE
 COURT  OF  APPEALS  SHALL  HAVE,  RESPECTIVELY, TWO, THREE AND FOUR YEAR
 TERMS AS THEY SHALL DESIGNATE. THE MEMBER FIRST APPOINTED BY THE  TEMPO-
 RARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE SHALL HAVE A FOUR YEAR TERM. THE MEMBER
 FIRST APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY SHALL HAVE A  THREE  YEAR
 TERM.  THE  MEMBER  FIRST APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE
 SHALL HAVE A TWO YEAR TERM. THE MEMBER FIRST APPOINTED BY  THE  MINORITY
 LEADER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY  SHALL HAVE A ONE YEAR TERM. THE MEMBERS FIRST
 APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDING JUSTICE OF THE  APPELLATE  DIVISION  AND  THE
 PRESIDENT  OF  THE  NEW  YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION SHALL HAVE FOUR YEAR
 TERMS. THE REGIONAL MEMBERS FIRST APPOINTED FROM EACH COUNTY OUTSIDE THE
 CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL HAVE, RESPECTIVELY, TWO AND FOUR  YEAR  TERMS  AS
 THE PERSON APPOINTING THEM SHALL DESIGNATE. THE TWO REGIONAL MEMBERS AP-
 POINTED  FROM  EACH  COUNTY  WITHIN  THE  CITY  OF NEW YORK BY THE CHIEF
 ELECTED OFFICIAL OF EACH COUNTY SHALL HAVE, RESPECTIVELY, ONE AND  THREE
 YEAR  TERMS  AS  THE  PERSON APPOINTING THEM SHALL DESIGNATE AND THE TWO
 REGIONAL MEMBERS APPOINTED FROM EACH COUNTY WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW  YORK
 BY  THE  MAYOR  OF SUCH CITY SHALL HAVE, RESPECTIVELY, TWO AND FOUR YEAR
 TERMS AS THE MAYOR SHALL DESIGNATE. EACH SUBSEQUENT APPOINTMENT SHALL BE
 FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS.
   (4) THE GOVERNOR SHALL DESIGNATE A  CHAIRPERSON  FOR  EACH  COMMISSION
 FROM AMONG ITS AT-LARGE MEMBERS.
   (5)  EACH  AT-LARGE  MEMBER OF EACH COMMISSION SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF,
 HAVE AN OFFICE IN OR WORK IN THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY ARE  TO
 SERVE,  EXCEPT THAT EACH AT-LARGE MEMBER OF THE CITY-WIDE COMMISSION FOR
 THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF, HAVE AN OFFICE IN  OR  WORK
 IN  SUCH CITY AND EACH AT-LARGE MEMBER OF THE STATEWIDE COMMISSION SHALL
 BE A RESIDENT OF THE STATE.
   C. (1) THE STATEWIDE JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION SHALL CONSIDER THE
 QUALIFICATIONS OF ALL CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE OFFICE OF  JUDGE
 OF  THE COURT OF CLAIMS, AND FOR DESIGNATION TO THE OFFICES OF PRESIDING
 JUSTICE AND JUSTICE OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION; AND EACH SUCH OTHER  DIS-
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 TRICT COMMISSION SHALL CONSIDER THE QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR AP-
 POINTMENT  OUTSIDE  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK  TO THE OFFICES OF JUDGE OR
 JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, THE COUNTY COURT, THE  FAMILY  COURT,  THE
 SURROGATE'S COURT, AND, IN EACH DISTRICT IN WHICH THE DISTRICT COURT HAS
 BEEN  ESTABLISHED,  THE DISTRICT COURT. THE CITY-WIDE COMMISSION FOR THE
 CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL CONSIDER CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT  WITHIN  SUCH
 CITY TO THE OFFICES OF JUDGE OR JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, THE FAMILY
 COURT, THE SURROGATE'S COURT, AND THE CITY-WIDE COURT OR COURTS FOR SUCH
 CITY  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT TO SECTION FIFTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE. WHENEVER
 ONE OR MORE VACANCIES IN SUCH OFFICES OCCUR, THE APPROPRIATE  COMMISSION
 SHALL PREPARE A WRITTEN REPORT AND RECOMMEND TO THE APPROPRIATE APPOINT-
 ING  AUTHORITY PERSONS WHO BY THEIR CHARACTER, TEMPERAMENT, PROFESSIONAL
 APTITUDE AND EXPERIENCE ARE WELL-QUALIFIED FOR THAT JUDICIAL OFFICE.  TO
 THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE NOMINEES SHALL REFLECT  DIVERSITY  OF  RACE,
 GENDER,  SEXUAL  ORIENTATION,  ETHNICITY,  AND  GEOGRAPHY,  TAKING  INTO
 CONSIDERATION THE COURT TO  WHICH  THEY  ARE  BEING  NOMINATED  AND  THE
 MEMBERS WITH WHOM THEY MIGHT BE SERVING.
   (2) THE LEGISLATURE SHALL PRESCRIBE BY LAW THE ORGANIZATION AND PROCE-
 DURE  OF  EACH  COMMISSION,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT WHERE THERE IS ONE
 VACANCY TO BE FILLED, AT LEAST THREE PERSONS AND NOT MORE THAN FIVE PER-
 SONS SHALL BE RECOMMENDED AS PROVIDED HEREIN; WHERE THERE ARE TWO VACAN-
 CIES IN THE SAME JUDICIAL OFFICE, AT LEAST FIVE  PERSONS  AND  NOT  MORE
 THAN  EIGHT  PERSONS SHALL BE RECOMMENDED; AND, WHERE THERE ARE THREE OR
 MORE VACANCIES IN THE SAME JUDICIAL OFFICE, THE NUMBER OF PERSONS RECOM-
 MENDED BY THE APPROPRIATE COMMISSION SHALL BE AT  LEAST  TWO  TIMES  THE
 NUMBER  OF  VACANCIES AND NOT MORE THAN THREE TIMES THE NUMBER OF VACAN-
 CIES. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, WHERE A  COMMISSION  IS  UNABLE  TO
 RECOMMEND  AS  WELL-QUALIFIED  FOR A JUDICIAL OFFICE SUCH NUMBER OF PER-
 SONS AS IS PRESCRIBED HEREIN, IT SHALL RECOMMEND SUCH LESSER  NUMBER  OF
 PERSONS WHO ARE WELL-QUALIFIED THEREFOR.  TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE
 NOMINEES  SHALL  REFLECT  DIVERSITY OF RACE, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
 ETHNICITY, AND GEOGRAPHY, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE COURT  TO  WHICH
 THEY  ARE  BEING NOMINATED AND THE MEMBERS WITH WHOM THEY MIGHT BE SERV-
 ING.
   D. (1) FROM AMONG THOSE RECOMMENDED BY THE APPROPRIATE  COMMISSION  AS
 PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH ONE OF SUBDIVISION C OF THIS SECTION, THE GOVERNOR
 SHALL APPOINT A PERSON TO FILL A VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF JUSTICE OF THE
 SUPREME  COURT  AND  THE  OFFICE OF JUDGE OF THE COURT OF CLAIMS, BY AND
 WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE, AND  DESIGNATE  A  PERSON  AS
 PRESIDING  JUSTICE  OR  JUSTICE  OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION; THE GOVERNOR
 SHALL, UPON THE NOMINATION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, APPOINT
 A PERSON TO FILL A VACANCY IN THE OFFICE WITHIN SUCH CITY  OF  JUDGE  OF
 THE  FAMILY  COURT,  THE  SURROGATE'S  COURT, AND THE CITY-WIDE COURT OR
 COURTS FOR SUCH CITY ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION FIFTEEN OF THIS AR-
 TICLE, BY AND WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE; AND THE  GOVER-
 NOR SHALL, UPON THE NOMINATION OF THE CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIAL OF A COUNTY
 OUTSIDE  THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN WHICH A VACANCY OCCURS IN THE OFFICE OF
 JUDGE OF THE COUNTY COURT, THE FAMILY COURT, THE SURROGATE'S  COURT,  OR
 THE  DISTRICT  COURT,  APPOINT A PERSON TO FILL SUCH OFFICE, BY AND WITH
 THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE.
   (2) IN THE CASE OF EACH APPOINTMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE ADVICE  AND
 CONSENT  OF  THE  SENATE,  THE GOVERNOR SHALL TRANSMIT TO THE SENATE THE
 WRITTEN REPORT OF THE APPROPRIATE COMMISSION RELATING TO THE APPOINTEE.
   E. WHEN A VACANCY OCCURS IN A JUDICIAL OFFICE WHERE APPOINTMENT THERE-
 TO IS SUBJECT TO THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SENATE  IS
 NOT  IN SESSION TO GIVE ITS ADVICE AND CONSENT TO AN APPOINTMENT TO FILL
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 THE VACANCY, THE GOVERNOR SHALL FILL THE VACANCY BY INTERIM  APPOINTMENT
 AS  PROVIDED  IN  SUBDIVISION  D OF THIS SECTION. AN INTERIM APPOINTMENT
 SHALL CONTINUE UNTIL THE SENATE SHALL PASS UPON THE SELECTION.   IF  THE
 SENATE  CONFIRMS  AN  APPOINTMENT,  THE JUSTICE OR JUDGE SHALL SERVE THE
 FULL TERM PROVIDED FOR THEIR OFFICE UNDER THIS ARTICLE, COMMENCING  FROM
 THE  DATE OF SUCH INTERIM APPOINTMENT. IF THE SENATE REJECTS AN APPOINT-
 MENT, A VACANCY  IN  THE  OFFICE  SHALL  OCCUR  SIXTY  DAYS  AFTER  SUCH
 REJECTION.
   §  11.  Resolved (if the Senate concur), That subdivision a of section
 25 of article 6 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   a. The compensation of a judge of the court of appeals, a  justice  of
 the supreme court, a judge of the court of claims, a judge of the county
 court,  a judge of the surrogate's court, a judge of the family court, a
 judge of a court for the  city  of  New  York  established  pursuant  to
 section  fifteen  of this article, a judge of the district court or of a
 retired judge or justice shall be established by law and  shall  not  be
 diminished  during  [the]  THEIR term of office [for which he or she was
 elected or appointed. Any judge or  justice  of  a  court  abolished  by
 section  thirty-five  of  this  article,  who  pursuant  to that section
 becomes a judge or justice of a court established or continued  by  this
 article,  shall  receive  without  interruption  or  diminution  for the
 remainder of the term for which he or she was elected  or  appointed  to
 the  abolished  court the compensation he or she had been receiving upon
 the effective date of this article together with any additional  compen-
 sation that may be prescribed by law].
   § 12. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That article 6 of the constitu-
 tion be amended by adding a new section 36-d to read as follows:
   §  36-D.  A.  THE AMENDMENTS TO SECTIONS FOUR, SIX, NINE, TEN, TWELVE,
 THIRTEEN, FIFTEEN, SIXTEEN, TWENTY AND TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE,  THE
 REPEAL  OF  SECTION TWENTY-ONE, AND THE INSERTION OF A NEW SECTION TWEN-
 TY-ONE AND THIS SECTION, AS FIRST PROPOSED BY  A  CONCURRENT  RESOLUTION
 PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, ENTITLED
 "CONCURRENT  RESOLUTION  OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY PROPOSING AMENDMENTS
 TO ARTICLE 6 OF THE CONSTITUTION, IN RELATION TO THE MANNER OF SELECTING
 JUDGES AND JUSTICES OF THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM, AND TO  REPEAL  SECTION
 21  OF  ARTICLE  6  THEREOF RELATING THERETO" SHALL BECOME A PART OF THE
 CONSTITUTION ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY NEXT  AFTER  THE  APPROVAL  AND
 RATIFICATION  OF THE AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY SUCH CONCURRENT RESOLUTION BY
 THE PEOPLE, BUT THE PROVISIONS THEREOF SHALL NOT  BECOME  OPERATIVE  AND
 THE REPEAL OF SECTION TWENTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT BECOME EFFEC-
 TIVE  UNTIL  SEPTEMBER  FIRST NEXT THEREAFTER WHICH DATE SHALL BE DEEMED
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE AMENDMENTS.
   B. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION HEREIN, THE JUDGES AND JUSTICES
 OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION, THE SUPREME COURT, THE COURT OF  CLAIMS,  THE
 COUNTY  COURT,  THE  FAMILY  COURT, THE SURROGATE'S COURT, THE CITY-WIDE
 COURT OR COURTS FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION
 FIFTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE, AND THE DISTRICT COURT IN OFFICE ON THE  EFFEC-
 TIVE DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  HOLD  THEIR  OFFICES  AS JUDGES AND
 JUSTICES OF SUCH COURTS UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THEIR RESPECTIVE TERMS.
   § 13. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the  foregoing  amendments
 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  pu-
 blished for 3 months previous to the time of such election.