Authorizes the towns of Sherman, Mina, French Creek and Clymer in Chautauqua county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6565--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 6, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend chapter 129 of the laws of 2020, authorizing the towns
of Mina and French Creek in Chautauqua county to elect a single town
justice to preside in the town courts of such towns, in relation to
authorizing the towns of Sherman, Mina, French Creek and Clymer in
Chautauqua county to elect a single town justice to preside in the
town courts of such towns
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 129 of the laws of 2020, authorizing
2 the towns of Mina and French Creek in Chautauqua county to elect a
3 single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns, is
4 amended to read as follows:
5 Section 1. Pursuant to section 106-b of the uniform justice court act,
6 the towns of Sherman, Mina [and], French Creek and Clymer in Chautauqua
7 County have conducted and completed a study, each town having adopted a
8 joint resolution providing for the study, conducted a public hearing
9 upon the findings of the study, and adopted a joint resolution adopting
10 such plan providing for the abolition of existing town justice positions
11 in the towns of Sherman, Mina [and], French Creek and Clymer and provid-
12 ing for the election of a single town justice to preside in the town
13 courts of such towns. The town justice elected pursuant to this plan
14 shall preside in the towns of Sherman, Mina [and], French Creek and
15 Clymer following the next general election in such towns and shall
16 preside for the year term as elected.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11205-03-1
