New York A 5897: Waives civil service examination application fees for veterans

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A05897 Summary:

BILL NOA05897 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03959

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SPONSORBronson

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§70, 140 & 140-a, Judy L

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Creates the fourteenth judicial district consisting of the county of Monroe; provides for continuation of the seventh judicial district and the positions of certain seventh and fourteenth judicial district justices; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOA05897 

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02/24/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5897

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to the creation of the
 fourteenth judicial district consisting of the county of Monroe

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 70 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 690
 2 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 70. Judicial departments. The state is hereby divided into four
 4 judicial departments. The first department shall consist of the counties
 5 embraced within the first and twelfth judicial districts; the second
 6 department shall consist of the counties embraced within the second,
 7 ninth, tenth, eleventh and thirteenth judicial districts; the third
 8 department shall consist of the counties embraced within the third,
 9 fourth and sixth judicial districts; the fourth department shall consist
 10 of the counties embraced within the fifth, seventh [and], eighth and
 11 fourteenth judicial districts.
 12 § 2. The opening paragraph and the seventh undesignated paragraph of
 13 section 140 of the judiciary law, the opening paragraph as amended by
 14 chapter 690 of the laws of 2007 and the seventh undesignated paragraph
 15 as amended by chapter 10 of the laws of 1948, are amended and a new
 16 fourteenth undesignated paragraph is added to read as follows:
 17 The state is hereby divided into [thirteen] fourteen judicial
 18 districts, pursuant to the provisions of the first section of the sixth
 19 article of the constitution, which districts shall be arranged as
 20 follows:
 21 The seventh judicial district shall consist of the counties of Living-
 22 ston, Wayne, Seneca, Yates, Ontario, Steuben[, Monroe] and Cayuga;
 23 The fourteenth judicial district shall consist of the county of
 24 Monroe. The creation of such fourteenth judicial district shall not
 25 affect or impair the rights, privileges or compensation of any officer

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05444-01-5

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 1 or employee of the supreme court in office on the first day of January,
 2 two thousand twenty-six in the seventh judicial district as theretofore
 3 constituted; each such officer or employee employed in the county of
 4 Monroe on such date shall thereafter be an officer or employee for the
 5 fourteenth judicial district and each such officer or employee employed
 6 in the counties of Livingston, Wayne, Seneca, Yates, Ontario, Steuben
 7 and Cayuga on such date shall thereafter be an officer or employee for
 8 the seventh judicial district.
 9 § 3. Subdivisions 7 and 13 of section 140-a of the judicial law, as
 10 amended by chapter 749 of the laws of 2023, are amended and a new subdi-
 11 vision 14 is added to read as follows:
 12 7. Seventh district, [twenty] six;
 13 13. Thirteenth district, nine[.]; and
 14 14. Fourteenth district, fourteen.
 15 § 4. The county of Monroe shall establish, maintain and expand, if
 16 necessary, its court library, as established in accordance with sections
 17 813 and 814 of the judiciary law, to accommodate the needs of the four-
 18 teenth judicial district.
 19 § 5. The following named justices or their successors in office on the
 20 effective date of this act shall for the remainder of the terms for
 21 which they were elected or appointed be justices of th