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New York District Court Judges to Serve in Family Courts Amendment (2016)

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District Court Judges to Serve in Family Courts Amendment
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TypeAmendment
OriginNew York legislature
TopicState judiciary
StatusNot on the ballot


Not on Ballot
Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot
This measure was not put
on an election ballot

The New York District Court Judges to Serve in Family Courts Amendment did not make the November 8, 2016 ballot in New York as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have allowed "a district court judge to temporarily serve as a family court judge in the judicial district of his or her residence."[1]

Text of measure

Constitutional changes

See also: Article VI, New York Constitution

The proposed amendment was designed to amend Subsection H, Section 26 of Article VI of the New York Constitution. The following underlined text would have been added by the proposed measure's approval:[1]

h. A judge of the district court in any county may perform the duties of office or hold court in any county and may be temporarily assigned to the county court in the judicial department of his or her residence or to a court for the city of New York established pursuant to section fifteen of this article or to the district court in any county or to the family court in the judicial district of his or her residence.[2]

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the New York Constitution

According to the New York Constitution, a majority vote is required in two successive sessions of the New York State Legislature in order to qualify the amendment for the ballot. The legislature did not act on the measure before adjourning on June 16, 2016.

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 New York General Assembly, "S00988," accessed February 23, 2015
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.