NEW YORK STATE BALLOT PROPOSAL

Proposal 1, An Amendment

OFFICIAL TEXT

TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT OF CITY COURT JUDGES

The proposed amendment to Article VI, section 26, subdivisions i and j would, if approved, authorize the chief administrator of the courts to assign temporarily a judge of a city court outside New York City to the county court, the family court or the district court within his or her county of residence or any adjoining county, provided he or she is not permitted to practice law. Such temporary assignments would be in addition to any temporary assignments provided for by the legislature. Shall the proposed amendment be approved?

OFFICIAL SUMMARY

Currently, the State Constitution (Art. VI, sec. 26, subd. j) provides that the legislature may provide for temporary assignments of judges of town, village or city courts outside the city of New York to other town, village or city courts within the county of residence or any adjoining county. The proposed amendment would add a second paragraph to subdivision j, to provide that in addition to any temporary assignment to which a judge of such city court is currently subject pursuant to paragraph 1, the chief administrator of the courts may temporarily assign a judge of such city court to the county court, the family court or the district court within his or her county of residence or any adjoining county, provided he or she is not permitted to practice law. The proposed amendment would also amend subdivision i of section 26 of Article VI to conform the text of that subdivision to the changes proposed to subdivision j of section 26 of Article VI.

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