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NY A10139

Bill

Status

Passed

6/26/2014

Primary Sponsor

Helene Weinstein

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Origin

Assembly

2013-2014 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Increases the number of family court judges in New York City from 45 to 56, effective January 1, 2015
  • Adds one additional family court judge each to 11 counties: Albany, Broome, Chautauqua, Franklin, Nassau, Oneida, Oswego, Schenectady, Suffolk, Ulster, and Westchester
  • Adds one additional family court judge each to 5 counties: Delaware, Dutchess, Erie, Monroe, and Warren
  • New judges for the 11-county group to be elected in November 2014 and take office January 1, 2015; new judges for the 5-county group to be elected in November 2015 and take office January 1, 2016
  • Compensation for new judges set equal to existing family court judges in the respective county or, if none exist, equal to county court judge compensation

Legislative Description

Relates to the number of judges of the family court in certain counties.

Last Action

signed chap.44

6/26/2014

Committee Referrals

Rules6/19/2014
Ways and Means6/18/2014
Judiciary6/16/2014

Full Bill Text

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