---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to authorizing the towns of Mina and French Creek in Chautauqua county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns"
description: "Authorizes the towns of Mina and French Creek in Chautauqua county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 7579"
citation: "New York S 7579 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BORRELLO"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-28"
last_action: "2020-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/828e2153-ec45-4270-a2c9-58674650f0f8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S7579"
source_hash: "8ee6df4f19d2d7e6898ab8e5170cb80c4be08e0f80f15ea9d925dcc78eb6f1c9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 7579 (2019-2020) — Relates to authorizing the towns of Mina and French Creek in Chautauqua county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns

Authorizes the towns of Mina and French Creek in Chautauqua county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S7579** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7579&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S7579A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S7579A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Local Government Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BORRELLO — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-28** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-24** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-04-24** PRINT NUMBER 7579A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-08** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** AMENDED BY RESTORING TO PREVIOUS PRINT 7579
- **2020-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.710
- **2020-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-06-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9884
- **2020-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.99
- **2020-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-07-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-29** SIGNED CHAP.129 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/828e2153-ec45-4270-a2c9-58674650f0f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).