New York S 10089: Allows for justices to reside in any town, village or city within the same assembly district as the court such justice serves and establishes educational requirements for certain town and village justices

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S10089 Summary:

BILL NOS10089 

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Add §§106-c & 105-a, UJCA; amd §3, Pub Off L; amd §2104, UCCA

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Allows for justices to reside in any town, village or city contained in whole or in part within the same assembly district as the court such justice serves or in an assembly district contiguous to such municipality where the court is located; authorizes towns and villages to require that any person who serves as a town or village justice be admitted to practice law in the state.

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04/28/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10089

 IN SENATE

 April 28, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the uniform justice court act, the public officers law
 and the uniform city court act, in relation to allowing for justices
 to reside in any town, village or city within the same assembly
 district as the court such justice serves and establishing minimum
 educational requirements for certain town and village justices

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

 1 Section 1. The uniform justice court act is amended by adding a new
 2 section 106-c to read as follows:
 3 § 106-c. Residency of justices.
 4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any
 5 justice serving a term of office in a town, village or city court may
 6 reside in any town, village or city contained in whole or in part within
 7 the same assembly district as the court such justice serves.
 8 § 2. The uniform justice court act is amended by adding a new section
 9 105-a to read as follows:
 10 § 105-a. Minimum educational requirements of certain town and village
 11 justices.
 12 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any town
 13 or village, may by a majority vote of the governing body of such town or
 14 village, require that any person who serves as a town or village justice
 15 be admitted to practice law in the state. Any change in the requirements
 16 for eligibility to serve as town or village justice shall take effect
 17 upon commencement of the next judicial term of office following the
 18 election after enactment of the local law.
 19 § 3. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
 20 subdivision 10-a to read as follows:
 21 10-a. Neither the provisions of this section nor of any general,
 22 special or local law, charter, code, ordinance, resolution, rule or
 23 regulation, requiring a person to be a resident of the political subdi-
 24 vision or municipal corporation of the state for which they shall be
 25 chosen or within which their official functions are required to be exer-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01318-03-5

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 1 cised, shall apply to the appointment of justices of a town or village
 2 court who resides in an assembly district contiguous to such munici-
 3 pality.
 4 § 4. Section 2104 of the uniform city court act is amended by adding a
 5 new subdivision (g) to read as follows:
 6 (g) Neither the provisions of this section nor of any general, special
 7 or local law, charter, code, ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation,
 8 requiring a person to be a resident of the political subdivision or
 9 municipal corporation of the state for which they shall be chosen or
 10 within which their official functions are required to be exercised,
 11 shall apply to the appointment of justices of a city court outside of
 12 the city of New York who resides in an assembly district contiguous to
 13 such municipality.
 14 § 5. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 15 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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