NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A5941
SPONSOR: Goodell TITLE OF BILL:
An act to authorize the towns of Harmony and North Harmony in Chautauqua
county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of
such towns
PURPOSE:
To authorize the towns of Harmony and North Harmony in Chautauqua County
to operate from a single justice court facility and elect a single town
justice to preside in the town courts.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
The towns of Harmony and North Harmony in Chautauqua County conducted a
complete study providing a joint solution for a single town justice to
reside in the town courts of such towns. Following the next general
election, the plan will be implemented in the towns of Harmony and North
Harmony.
JUSTIFICATION:
The towns of North Harmony and Harmony are virtually the same. The
infrastructure, personnel, and location of the town of North Harmony
Court would be able to handle the additions of the Harmony Court. In
addition, this would help alleviate the further problem of finding capa-
ble, qualified, and willing residents to work within the courts.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to state.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
January 1st, 2024.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5941
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 24, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Judiciary
AN ACT to authorize the towns of Harmony and North Harmony 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. Pursuant to section 106-b of the uniform justice court act,
2 the towns of Harmony and North Harmony in Chautauqua County have
3 conducted and completed a study, each town having adopted a joint resol-
4 ution providing for the study, conducted a public hearing upon the find-
5 ings of the study, and adopted a joint resolution adopting such plan
6 providing for the abolition of existing town justice positions in the
7 towns of Harmony and North Harmony and providing for the election of a
8 single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns. The
9 town justice elected pursuant to this plan shall preside in the towns of
10 Harmony and North Harmony following the next general election in such
11 towns and shall preside for the year term as elected.
12 § 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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