New York A 1398: Relates to the development and creation of distributed ledger technology and business entities that develop such technology

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A01398 Summary:

BILL NOA01398 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02307

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SPONSORDinowitz

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COSPNSRTapia, Levenberg, Hyndman, Cruz, Alvarez, De Los Santos, Walker, Wieder, Yeger

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Art 6 §6, Constn

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Permits the legislature to increase the number of justices of the supreme court in any judicial district up to one justice for every thirty thousand people in the district.

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BILL NOA01398 

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01/09/2025referred to judiciary

01/10/2025to attorney-general for opinion

01/29/2025opinion referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

01/08/2026to attorney-general for opinion

01/30/2026opinion referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1398

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, TAPIA, LEVENBERG, HYNDMAN -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

 proposing amendments to article 6 of the constitution, in relation to
 the number of supreme court justices in any judicial district

 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the concur), That subdivision d of
 2 section 6 of article 6 of the constitution be amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 d. The supreme court is continued. It shall consist of the number of
 5 justices of the supreme court including the justices designated to the
 6 appellate divisions of the supreme court, judges of the county court of
 7 the counties of Bronx, Kings, Queens and Richmond and judges of the
 8 court of general sessions of the county of New York authorized by law on
 9 the thirty-first day of August next after the approval and ratification
 10 of this amendment by the people, all of whom shall be justices of the
 11 supreme court for the remainder of their terms. The legislature may
 12 increase the number of justices of the supreme court in any judicial
 13 district, except that the number in any district shall not be increased
 14 to exceed one justice for [fifty] thirty thousand, or fraction over
 15 [thirty] twenty-two thousand five hundred, of the population thereof as
 16 shown by the last federal census or state enumeration. The legislature
 17 may decrease the number of justices of the supreme court in any judicial
 18 district, except that the number in any district shall not be less than
 19 the number of justices of the supreme court authorized by law on the
 20 effective date of this article.
 21 § 2. Resolved (if the concur), That the foregoing amendments be
 22 referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
 23 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in
 24 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be
 25 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD89030-01-5

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