Provides that a judge of a city court outside the city of New York may only serve until the last day of December next after such person shall be seventy-six years of age; makes exceptions for judges already elected or appointed to office.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4825--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 13, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to the age limitation for
judges
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 23 of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 649 of
2 the laws of 1945, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 23. Age limitation on term of judicial office. 1. No person shall
4 hold the office of judge, justice or surrogate of any court, whether of
5 record or not of record, except a justice of the peace of a town [or],
6 police justice of a village or a judge of a city court outside the city
7 of New York, longer than until and including the last day of December
8 next after [he] such person shall be seventy years of age, except that a
9 judge or justice in office or elected or appointed to office at the
10 effective date of this section, as to whom no provision limiting [his]
11 such person's right to hold office to the close of the year following
12 [his] such person attaining the age of seventy years was applicable
13 prior to the effective date of this section, may continue in office
14 during the term for which [he] such person was elected or appointed.
15 2. No person shall hold the office of judge of a city court outside
16 the city of New York longer than until and including the last day of
17 December next succeeding the date when such person shall be seventy-six
18 years of age, except that a judge of a city court outside the city of
19 New York in office or elected or appointed to office at the effective
20 date of this section, as to whom no provision limiting such person's
21 right to hold office to the close of the year following such person
22 attaining the age of seventy-six years was applicable prior to the
23 effective date of this subdivision, may continue in office during the
24 term for which such person was elected or appointed.
25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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