NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A11483
SPONSOR: Rules (Molitor) TITLE OF BILL:
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
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill will authorize the town of Ellington and Charlotte in Chautau-
qua County to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts
of such towns.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Pursuant to section 106-b of the uniform justice court act,
the towns of Ellington and Charolotte in Chautauqua County have adopted
a joint resolution that would abolish the existing town justice posi-
tions in both towns and would elect a single town justice to preside in
the town courts of such towns.
Section 2: This act shall take effect immediately.
JUSTIFICATION:
At the request of the Towns of Ellington and Charlotte, this legislation
would consolidate the justice court into a single town justice located
in the Town of Ellington, providing cost savings for residents of both
towns.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2026: New Bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately
STATE OF NEW YORK
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11483
IN ASSEMBLY
May 27, 2026
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Molitor) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
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.
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