Legislation
SECTION 2603
Vote on creation of the district court system
Uniform District Court Act (UDC) CHAPTER 565, ARTICLE 26, TITLE 1
§ 2603. Vote on creation of the district court system. At the general
election to be held in nineteen hundred sixty-two there shall be
submitted to all the electors of the various towns of Suffolk county,
including the electors within incorporated villages, the following two
propositions, provided not less than one hundred twenty days before such
election the town board of such town adopts a resolution authorizing
such submission and a copy thereof, duly certified by the clerk of such
board, shall have been filed with the board of elections of the county
and resolutions are filed by at least three contiguous towns and each
town submitting such resolution is contiguous to another town submitting
the same:
1. "Shall the town of ..... become a part of the Suffolk County
District Court System?"
2. "If the town of ... becomes a part of the Suffolk County District
Court System, shall the office of the justice of the peace be abolished
within such town?"
In any town which hereafter becomes a part of the Suffolk county
district court system wherein the voters approve the proposition to
abolish the office of justice of the peace the said office of each of
the incumbent justices of the peace shall be deemed abolished at the
time when the existing term of each such incumbent justice of the peace
expires.
election to be held in nineteen hundred sixty-two there shall be
submitted to all the electors of the various towns of Suffolk county,
including the electors within incorporated villages, the following two
propositions, provided not less than one hundred twenty days before such
election the town board of such town adopts a resolution authorizing
such submission and a copy thereof, duly certified by the clerk of such
board, shall have been filed with the board of elections of the county
and resolutions are filed by at least three contiguous towns and each
town submitting such resolution is contiguous to another town submitting
the same:
1. "Shall the town of ..... become a part of the Suffolk County
District Court System?"
2. "If the town of ... becomes a part of the Suffolk County District
Court System, shall the office of the justice of the peace be abolished
within such town?"
In any town which hereafter becomes a part of the Suffolk county
district court system wherein the voters approve the proposition to
abolish the office of justice of the peace the said office of each of
the incumbent justices of the peace shall be deemed abolished at the
time when the existing term of each such incumbent justice of the peace
expires.