§ 103. Judges.\n (a) In each judicial district there shall be elected such number of\njudges as may be provided by law.\n (b) The judges of the court shall be elected for a term of six years\nfrom and including the first day of January following such election.\n (c) No person, other than one who holds such office when this act is\nmade applicable in the court, may serve in the office of judge of the\ncourt unless he or she is a resident elector of the district from which\nhe or she has been elected and has been admitted to practice law in this\nstate for at least five years as of the date he or she commences the\nduties of office.\n (d) A judge of the court may not:\n 1. hold any other public office or trust except member of a\nconstitutional convention or member of the armed forces o
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§ 103. Judges.\n (a) In each judicial district there shall be elected such number of\njudges as may be provided by law.\n (b) The judges of the court shall be elected for a term of six years\nfrom and including the first day of January following such election.\n (c) No person, other than one who holds such office when this act is\nmade applicable in the court, may serve in the office of judge of the\ncourt unless he or she is a resident elector of the district from which\nhe or she has been elected and has been admitted to practice law in this\nstate for at least five years as of the date he or she commences the\nduties of office.\n (d) A judge of the court may not:\n 1. hold any other public office or trust except member of a\nconstitutional convention or member of the armed forces of the United\nStates or of the state of New York in which latter event the legislature\nmay enact such legislation as it deems appropriate to provide for a\ntemporary judge or justice to serve during the period of the absence of\nsuch judge or justice in the armed forces;\n 2. be eligible to be a candidate for any public office other than\njudicial office or member of a constitutional convention, unless he\nresigns his judicial office; in the event that a judge or justice does\nnot so resign his judicial office within ten days after his acceptance\nof the nomination of such other office, his judicial office shall become\nvacant and the vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided by law;\n 3. hold any office or assume the duties or exercise the powers of any\noffice of any political organization or be a member of any governing or\nexecutive agency thereof;\n 4. engage in the practice of law, act as an arbitrator, referee or\ncompensated mediator in any action or proceeding or matter or engage in\nthe conduct of any other profession or business which interferes with\nthe performance of his judicial duties.\n (e) The appellate division of the supreme court may remove a judge of\nthe district court for cause or retire him for disability after due\nnotice and hearing, under such procedures as may be established by law.\n (f) A vacancy in the office of judge, occurring otherwise than by\nexpiration of term, shall be filled for a full term of six years at the\nnext general election held not less than three months after such vacancy\noccurs; and until the vacancy shall be so filled, the supervisors\nelected in the towns and cities comprising the county district court\nsystem, or if the county has a county executive, said county executive\nsubject to confirmation by the supervisors elected in the towns and\ncities comprising the county district court system, may fill such\nvacancy by an appointment which shall continue until and including the\nlast day of December next after the general election at which the\nvacancy shall be filled. In such case the person appointed must be a\nresident in the district from which such office is required by this act\nto be filled by election.\n