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A2551 • 2025

Establishes minimum educational requirements of certain town and village justices

Establishes minimum educational requirements of certain town and village justices

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Sponsor
William Magnarelli
Last action
2026-05-18
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Establishes minimum educational requirements of certain town and village justices

Establishes minimum educational requirements of certain town and village justices Establishes minimum educational requirements of certain town and village justices.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes minimum educational requirements of certain town and village justices Establishes minimum educational requirements of certain town and village justices.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-18 Assembly

    REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

  2. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

  3. 2025-01-17 Assembly

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Official Summary Text

Establishes minimum educational requirements of certain town and village justices
Establishes minimum educational requirements of certain town and village justices.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          2551

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                    January 17, 2025
                                       ___________

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

        AN ACT to amend the uniform justice court act, in relation to establish-
          ing minimum educational  requirements  of  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 105-a to read as follows:
     3  §  105-A.  MINIMUM  EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF CERTAIN TOWN AND VILLAGE
     4             JUSTICES.
     5    NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,  ANY  TOWN
     6  OR VILLAGE, MAY BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF SUCH TOWN OR
     7  VILLAGE, REQUIRE THAT ANY PERSON WHO SERVES AS A TOWN OR VILLAGE JUSTICE
     8  BE  ADMITTED  TO  PRACTICE LAW IN THE STATE.  ANY CHANGE IN THE REQUIRE-
     9  MENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE AS TOWN OR  VILLAGE  JUSTICE  SHALL  TAKE
    10  EFFECT  UPON  COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEXT JUDICIAL TERM OF OFFICE FOLLOWING
    11  THE ELECTION AFTER ENACTMENT OF THE LOCAL LAW.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    13  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06188-01-5