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A07189 Summary:

BILL NOA07189
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORBichotte Hermelyn
 
COSPNSRZinerman, Davila, Epstein, Weprin, Hyndman, Shimsky, Taylor
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §105, UJCA; amd §31, Town L; amd §3-301, Vil L
 
Requires town and village justices be admitted to practice law in New York state for at least five years as of the date they commence the duties of office.
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A07189 Actions:

BILL NOA07189
 
03/21/2025referred to judiciary
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A07189 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7189
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 21, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, ZINERMAN, DAVILA, EPSTEIN,
          WEPRIN, HYNDMAN, SHIMSKY, TAYLOR -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Judiciary
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  uniform justice court act, the town law and the
          village law, in relation to requiring town  and  village  justices  be
          admitted to practice law in the state

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 105 of the uniform justice court act is amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision (a-1) to read as follows:
     3    (a-1)  Education.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law to the
     4  contrary, no person may serve as a town or village justice in a town  or
     5  village  unless  they  are  an attorney admitted to practice law in this
     6  state for at least five years as of the date they commence the duties of
     7  office.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, non-attorney justices in  office
     8  as  of  the  effective date of this subdivision shall remain eligible to
     9  serve as a justice for the court on which they  currently  sit  for  the
    10  remainder of their term.
    11    § 2. Section 31 of the town law is amended by adding a new subdivision
    12  2-a to read as follows:
    13    2-a.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law to the contrary, no
    14  person may serve as a town justice unless they are an attorney  admitted
    15  to  practice  law  in  this state for at least five years as of the date
    16  they commence the duties of  office.    Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,
    17  non-attorney  justices in office as of the effective date of this subdi-
    18  vision shall remain eligible to serve as a  justice  for  the  court  on
    19  which they currently sit for the remainder of their term.
    20    §  3.  Section  3-301  of  the  village law is amended by adding a new
    21  subdivision 6 to read as follows:
    22    6. Notwithstanding any other provision of  law  to  the  contrary,  no
    23  person may serve as a village justice unless they are an attorney admit-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11045-01-5

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     1  ted to practice law in this state for at least five years as of the date
     2  they  commence  the  duties  of office.   Notwithstanding the foregoing,
     3  non-attorney justices in office as of the effective date of this  subdi-
     4  vision  shall  remain  eligible  to  serve as a justice for the court on
     5  which they currently sit for the remainder of their term.
     6    § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
     7  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
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