Establishes the counties of residence that eleven additional judges previously authorized to serve on the civil court of the city of New York shall be elected from.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4987
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 10, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. MAYERSOHN -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the New York city civil court act, in relation to the
election of additional judges of the civil court of the city of New
York
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 102-a of the New York city civil
2 court act, as added by chapter 511 of the laws of 1993, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 2. The twenty-five additional judges of the civil court of the city of
5 New York authorized on June first, nineteen hundred sixty-eight by chap-
6 ter nine hundred eighty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-
7 eight shall be elected in and from the residents of the following coun-
8 ties in the indicated numbers: from the county of New York, seven; from
9 the county of Kings, seven; from the county of Queens, six; from the
10 county of Bronx, four; and from the county of Richmond, one. Such addi-
11 tional judges shall receive the same compensation as the existing judges
12 of the civil court of the city of New York. The eleven additional judges
13 of the civil court of the city of New York authorized by [this] section
14 seven of chapter five hundred of the laws of nineteen hundred eighty-two
15 shall be [chosen by the electors of the counties included within the
16 city of New York from districts within such counties as shall be estab-
17 lished by law] elected in and from the residents of the following coun-
18 ties in the indicated numbers: from the county of New York, one; from
19 the county of Kings, three; from the county of Queens, four; from the
20 county of Bronx, two; and from the county of Richmond, one. Such addi-
21 tional judges shall receive the same compensation as the existing judges
22 of the civil court of the city of New York.
23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
24 in accordance with subdivision a of section 15 of article 6 of the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 constitution, the additional judgeships of the civil court of the city
2 of New York affected by the provisions of this act first shall be filled
3 at the general election to be held in November 2012 for a term to
4 commence January 1, 2013.
