A 9391: Relates to the residence of the part-time judge of the city court of Tonawanda; authorizes the part-time judge of the Tonawanda city court to reside anywhere in Erie county or Niagara county provided such part-time judge's term of office commenced during the two thousand twenty-six calendar year.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9391 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY December 19, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CONRAD -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the uniform city court act, in relation to the residence of the part-time judge of the city court of Tonawanda; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (b) of section 2104 of the 2 uniform city court act, as amended by chapter 138 of the laws of 2018, 3 is amended to read as follows: 4 (1) be an attorney admitted to practice law in this state for at least 5 five years as of the date [he or she] such judge commences the duties of 6 office, and be a resident of the city in which [he or she] such judge is 7 elected or appointed, except that the judges of the Sherrill city court 8 may reside anywhere in either Oneida or Madison counties, the city court 9 judge who serves in the office that formerly was that of acting judge of 10 the Oneida city court may reside anywhere in Madison county, the judges 11 of the Peekskill city court may reside anywhere in Westchester county, 12 the city court judge who serves in the office that formerly was that of 13 acting judge of the Port Jervis city court may reside anywhere in either 14 Sullivan or Orange counties, the judges of the Hudson city court may 15 reside anywhere in Columbia county, the city court judge who serves in 16 the office that formerly was that of acting judge of the Mechanicville 17 city court may reside anywhere in Saratoga county, the judges of the 18 Ogdensburg city court may reside anywhere in St. Lawrence county, the 19 judges of the Rensselaer city court may reside anywhere in Rensselaer 20 county, the part-time judge of the Lackawanna city court may reside 21 anywhere in Erie county provided [his or her] such part-time judge's 22 term of office commenced during the two thousand eighteen calendar year, 23 the part-time judge of the Tonawanda city court may reside anywhere in 24 Erie county or Niagara county provided such part-time judge's term of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14238-01-5 
 A. 9391 2 1 office commenced during the two thousand twenty-six calendar year and 2 one judge of the Cohoes city court and the city court judge who serves 3 in the office that formerly was that of acting judge of the Watervliet 4 city court may reside anywhere in Albany county. 5 § 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (b) of section 2104 of the uniform 6 city court act, as amended by chapter 548 of the laws of 2013, is 7 amended to read as follows: 8 (1) be an attorney admitted to practice law in this state for at least 9 five years as of the date [he or she] such judge commences the duties of 10 office, and be a resident of the city in which [he or she] such judge is 11 elected or appointed, except that the judges of the Sherrill city court 12 may reside anywhere in either Oneida or Madison counties, the city court 13 judge who serves in the office that formerly was that of acting judge of 14 the Oneida city court may reside anywhere in Madison county, the judges 15 of the Peekskill city court may reside anywhere in Westchester county, 16 the city court judge who serves in the office that formerly was that of 17 acting judge of the Port Jervis city court may reside anywhere in either 18 Sullivan or Orange counties, the judges of the Hudson city court may 19 reside anywhere in Columbia county, the city court judge who serves in 20 the office that formerly was that of acting judge of the Mechanicville 21 city court may reside anywhere in Saratoga county, the judges of the 22 Ogdensburg city court may reside anywhere in St. Lawrence county, the 23 judges of the Rensselaer city court may reside anywhere in Rensselaer 24 county, the part-time judge of the Tonawanda city court may reside 25 anywhere in Erie county or Niagara county provided such part-time 26 judge's term of office commenced during the two thousand twenty-six 27 calendar year and one judge of the Cohoes city court and the city court 28 judge who serves in the office that formerly was that of acting judge of 29 the Watervliet city court may reside anywhere in Albany county. 30 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 31 deemed repealed on the day the term of office of the first part-time 32 judge of the Tonawanda city court to be appointed during the two thou- 33 sand twenty-six calendar year expires or, on the day such judge other- 34 wise vacates their office, whichever occurs first; provided, that the 35 city of Tonawanda shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission 36 upon the expiration of such judge's term or when such judge vacates 37 their office in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and 38 timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state 39 of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 40 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law; and 41 provided, further, that the amendments to paragraph 1 of subdivision (b) 42 of section 2104 of the uniform city court act made by section one of 43 this act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such para- 44 graph pursuant to section two of chapter 138 of the laws of 2018, as 45 amended, when upon such date the provisions of section two of this act 46 shall take effect.