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Provides for the election of an additional family court judge for the county of Warren
In Assembly Committee · Judiciary · Sponsor Dan Stec
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BILL NUMBER:S6489
Title of bill
An act to amend the family court act, in relation to authorizing the creation of an additional family court judgeship in the county of Warren
Purpose
Provides for the election of an additional family court judge for the county of Warren.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends section 131 of the family court act to add a new subdivision (u) to provide that the county of Warren shall have one additional family court judge and the number of such judges now existing in such county is hereby increased accordingly. Further it directs that the compensation of such additional family court judge shall be the same as the compensation of the existing family court judge in such county.
Section 2 Contains the effective date.
Existing law
Under section 131 of the family court act Warren County is authorized to have two County level Judges but only one of these judges can sit in Family Court.
Justification
In 2007, a commission was appointed by former Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye, which recommended that 39 Family Court Judges were needed to deal with the crisis in New York's Family Courts. This recommendation was incorporated into a bill and Warren county was one of the Counties determined to have a need for an additional Family Court Judge. Despite support for the legislation the bill did not pass partially due to the economic downturn in 2008. Six years later, the need for an increase in Family Court Judgeships is even greater.
Warren Country Family Court is no exception to the rule of increased filing and appearances. The families and children of Warren County are in crisis deserve no less than other counties in New York State, and now is the time to amend the law to secure a second Family Court Judgeship in Warren County. Currently, Warren County has two County level judges but only one Judge can sit in Family Court. Other Counties which have less population than Warren County have an additional County level Judge.
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New Bill
Fiscal implications
The cost of an additional Family Court Judge will be $119,800 per year as prescribed by Judiciary Law Article 7-B section 221-e, plus other compensation costs that may be incurred.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately; provide that the additional family court judge in the county of Warren provided for in this act shall first be elected in the general election to be held in November 2014 and shall take office on January 1, 2015.
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