499-B - Definitions.

NY Jud L § 499-B (2019) (N/A)

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§ 499-b. Definitions. For the purposes of this article the following terms have the following meanings:

1. "Commission" means the state commission on prosecutorial conduct.

2. "Prosecutor" means a district attorney or any assistant district attorney of any county of the state in an action to exact any criminal penalty, fine, sanction or forfeiture.

3. "Hearing" means a proceeding under subdivision four of section four hundred ninety-nine-f of this article.

4. "Member of the bar" means a person admitted to the practice of law in this state for at least five years.

5. "Presiding justices of the appellate division" shall mean, collectively, the presiding justices of the appellate division of the supreme court of each judicial department. The chief administrative judge shall, by rule, establish an appropriate mechanism, not inconsistent with law, for persons and entities interacting with the presiding justices of the appellate division pursuant to this article to file papers and communicate with such body.

6. "Retired judge" shall mean a former judge or justice of the unified court system who was qualified as an attorney during such service and served as such a judge or justice for at least five years.

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