New York A 5787: Eliminates the real property tax exemption for fire districts, fire protection districts and ambulance districts developed through industrial development agencies in certain counties

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A05787 Summary:

BILL NOA05787A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRajkumar

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COSPNSRLevenberg

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §105, UJCA; amd §31, Town L; amd §3-301, Vil L

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Relates to requiring certain town and village justices be admitted to practice law in the state; requires town and village justices in a town or village with a high arraignment volume be admitted to practice law in New York state for at least five years as of the date they commence the duties of office; provides the determination of a town or village with a high arraignment volume shall be made by the office of court administration in consultation with the division of criminal justice services.

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BILL NOA05787A

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02/20/2025referred to judiciary

12/17/2025amend and recommit to judiciary

12/17/2025print number 5787a

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5787--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR, LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the uniform justice court act, the town law and the
 village law, in relation to requiring certain town and village
 justices be admitted to practice law in the state

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

 1 Section 1. Section 105 of the uniform justice court act is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision (a-1) to read as follows:
 3 (a-1) Education. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
 4 contrary, no person may serve as a town or village justice in a town or
 5 village with a high arraignment volume unless they are an attorney
 6 admitted to practice law in this state for at least five years as of the
 7 date they commence the duties of office. For the purposes of this subdi-
 8 vision, "town or village with a high arraignment volume" shall mean the
 9 one hundred highest arraignment volumes in town and village courts in
 10 the state as determined by the office of court administration in consul-
 11 tation with the division of criminal justice services. The initial
 12 determination shall be based on the sum of arraignments from two thou-
 13 sand eighteen and two thousand nineteen. Subsequent determinations
 14 shall take place every ten years thereafter and shall use the sum of at
 15 least two years' data. Any change in the requirements for eligibility to
 16 serve as a town or village justice in such town or village shall take
 17 effect upon commencement of the next judicial term of office following
 18 the designation as a town or village with a high arraignment volume.
 19 Notwithstanding the foregoing, non-attorney justices in office as of the
 20 effective date of this subdivision shall remain eligible to serve as a
 21 justice for the court on which they currently sit. Further if a town or
 22 village no longer qualifies as a town or village with a high arraignment

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04265-02-5

 A. 5787--A 2

 1 volume such town or village shall no longer have to comply with the
 2 provisions of this subdivision.
 3 § 2. Section 31 of the town law is amended by adding a new subdivision
 4 2-a to read as follows:
 5 2-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no
 6 person may serve as a town justice in a town with a high arraignment
 7 volume, as determined pursuant to subdivision (a-1) of section one
 8 hundred five of the uniform justice court act, unless they are an attor-
 9 ney admitted to practice law in this state for at least five years as of
 10 the date they commence the duties of office. Any change in the require-
 11 ments for eligibility to serve as a town justice in such town shall take
 12 effect upon commencement of the next judicial term of office following
 13 the designation as a town with a high arraignment volume. Notw