New York A 1511: Creates the fourteenth judicial district consisting of the county of Erie and a supreme court library at Erie

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A01511 Summary:

BILL NOA01511 

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SPONSORRivera

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Amd §§70, 140 & 140-a, add §816, Judy L

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Creates the fourteenth judicial district consisting of the county of Erie and a supreme court library at Erie.

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01/10/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1511

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to the creation of the
 fourteenth judicial district consisting of the county of Erie and a
 supreme court library at Erie

 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 eighth 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 eighth undesignated paragraph as
 15 amended by chapter 10 of the laws of 1948, are amended and a new four-
 16 teenth 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 eighth judicial district shall consist of the counties of [Erie,]
 22 Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Orleans, Niagara, Genesee, Allegany and Wyom-
 23 ing;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03033-01-5

 A. 1511 2

 1 The fourteenth judicial district shall consist of the county of Erie.
 2 The creation of such fourteenth district shall not affect or impair the
 3 rights, privileges or compensation of any officer or employee of the
 4 supreme court in office on the first day of January, two thousand twen-
 5 ty-six in the eighth judicial district as theretofore constituted; each
 6 such officer or employee employed in the county of Erie on such date
 7 shall thereafter be an officer or employee for the fourteenth judicial
 8 district and each such officer or employee employed in the counties of
 9 Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Orleans, Niagara, Genesee, Allegany and Wyoming
 10 on such date shall thereafter be an officer or employee for the eighth
 11 judicial district.
 12 § 3. Subdivisions 8 and 13 of section 140-a of the judiciary law, as
 13 amended by chapter 749 of the laws of 2023, are amended and a new subdi-
 14 vision 14 is added to read as follows:
 15 8. Eighth district, [twenty-eight] five;
 16 13. Thirteenth district, nine[.];
 17 14. Fourteenth district, seventeen.
 18 § 4. The county of Erie shall establish, maintain and expand, if
 19 necessary, its court library, as established in accordance with sections
 20 813 and 814 of the judiciary law, to accommodate the needs of the four-
 21 teenth judicial district. The Charles B. Swartwood Law Library at Elmi-
 22 ra shall continue to serve as the court library for the eighth judicial
 23 district.
 24 § 5. The following named justices or their successors in office on the
 25 effective date of this act shall for the remainder of the terms for