S10310 • 2025

Authorizes the towns of Ellington and Charlotte in Chautauqua county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns

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Sponsor: George Borrello
Last action: 2026-05-12
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Authorizes the towns of Ellington and Charlotte in Chautauqua county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns

Authorizes the towns of Ellington and Charlotte in Chautauqua county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns Authorizes the towns of Ellington and Charlotte in Chautauqua county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns.

What This Bill Does

Authorizes the towns of Ellington and Charlotte in Chautauqua county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns Authorizes the towns of Ellington and Charlotte in Chautauqua county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns.

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2026-05-12 Senate
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Official Summary Text

Authorizes the towns of Ellington and Charlotte in Chautauqua county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns
Authorizes the towns of Ellington and Charlotte in Chautauqua county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10310

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      May 12, 2026
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        Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

        AN ACT to authorize the towns of Ellington and Charlotte  in  Chautauqua
          county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of
          such towns

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Pursuant to section 106-b of the uniform justice court act,
     2  the towns of Ellington and Charlotte in Chautauqua County have conducted
     3  and completed a study, each  town  having  adopted  a  joint  resolution
     4  providing for the study, conducted a public hearing upon the findings of
     5  the  study,  and adopted a joint resolution adopting such plan providing
     6  for the abolition of existing town justice positions  in  the  towns  of
     7  Ellington  and Charlotte and providing for the election of a single town
     8  justice to preside in the town courts of such towns.  The  town  justice
     9  elected  pursuant  to  this plan shall preside in the towns of Ellington
    10  and Charlotte following the next general  election  in  such  towns  and
    11  shall preside for the year term as elected.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15616-01-6