Vacancies
§ 133. Vacancies. When a vacancy occurs, otherwise than by expiration of term, in the office of judge of the family court in a county not within the city of New York, the vacancy shall be filled for a full term at the next general election held not less than three months after such vacancy occurs and, until the vacancy shall be so filled, the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate, if the senate shall be in session, or, if the senate not be in session, the governor may fill such vacancy by an appointment which shall continue until and including the last day of December next after the election at which the vacancy shall be filled.
A non-NYC vacancy (other than term expiration) is filled at the next general election held at least 3 months after the vacancy; meanwhile the governor (with senate advice/consent, or alone if the senate isn't in session) fills it until year-end after that election. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 5 — The JG-22 Family Court Act and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.