§ 2300. Application of this act.\n (a) Reference to UJCA. All references to the "uniform justice court\nact" or to the "UJCA" in any law of the state shall be deemed a\nreference to this act or to the appropriate portions thereof.\n (b) Courts to which applicable.\n 1. Town and village courts. This act shall apply to:\n (i) every court in the state which is established in and for a town,\nwhether denominated "justice court", "justice's court", "justice of the\npeace", "town court", "office of justice of the peace", or any other\ncombination of words denoting the office or court commonly known as that\nof justice of the peace of a town; and\n (ii) every court in the state which is established in and for a\nvillage, whether denominated "village court", "village justice", "police\njustic
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§ 2300. Application of this act.\n (a) Reference to UJCA. All references to the "uniform justice court\nact" or to the "UJCA" in any law of the state shall be deemed a\nreference to this act or to the appropriate portions thereof.\n (b) Courts to which applicable.\n 1. Town and village courts. This act shall apply to:\n (i) every court in the state which is established in and for a town,\nwhether denominated "justice court", "justice's court", "justice of the\npeace", "town court", "office of justice of the peace", or any other\ncombination of words denoting the office or court commonly known as that\nof justice of the peace of a town; and\n (ii) every court in the state which is established in and for a\nvillage, whether denominated "village court", "village justice", "police\njustice", "police court", "village police justice", "village justice of\nthe peace", "office of village police justice", or any other combination\nof words denoting the office or court commonly known as that of village\npolice justice, except as provided by subdivision (d) (2) regarding\nareas of a district court.\n 2. City courts. The applicability of this act to courts established in\nand for cities outside the city of New York, regardless of the name or\ndesignation of such courts, shall be as provided in the following\nsubparagraphs.\n (i) Civil jurisdiction. If the court has civil jurisdiction, but in\nits exercise is governed by the UCCA pursuant to either paragraph one or\nthree of UCCA § 2300(c), no part of this act shall apply to such court.\nIf the court exercised civil jurisdiction immediately prior to the\neffective date of this act and in the exercise thereof the court was and\nis not governed by the UCCA pursuant to either paragraph one or three of\nUCCA § 2300(c), this act, with the exception of article 20 and such\nother provisions hereof as are concerned with the criminal practice and\nprocedure, shall apply to the court. In such instance, the basic\nmonetary jurisdiction of the court, for purposes of article two of this\nact, shall be as elsewhere provided by law for such court; and if the\nlaw providing for the monetary jurisdiction of such court states no\nmonetary figure, but adopts by reference such figure as is supplied by a\ndifferent law, the reference shall be disregarded and the monetary\njurisdiction of such court, for purposes of article two of this act,\nshall be $500.\n (ii) Criminal jurisdiction. Article 20 of this act, and such other\nportions hereof as are concerned exclusively with criminal jurisdiction,\npractice or procedure, shall not apply to any court established in and\nfor a city.\n (c) Matters not governed by this act. The following, with regard to\neach court to which this act is applicable as above provided, shall not\nbe governed by this act but shall be governed by such other provisions\nof law as may be applicable to each such court:\n 1. All matters regarding justices of a court to which this act applies\nsuch as are set forth with regard to justices of the supreme court in\nsubdivision (b) of section twenty of article six of the constitution;\nand all matters regarding the selection, tenure and compensation of\njustices, unless this act makes express provision therefor.\n 2. Matters regarding expenses of the court and matters regarding the\nduties of justices and employees of the court to account for and pay\nover fines, penalties, fees and any other monies received by them.\n 3. Matters regarding the selection, tenure and compensation of\nnon-judicial employees, including enforcement officers.\n (d) 1. No court established or abolished. This act is not intended\neither to establish or to abolish any court in the state.\n 2. Village courts in district court areas. Notwithstanding subdivision\n(b) (1) (ii) of this section, a village court situated within a district\nof any district court shall not have the civil jurisdiction conferred in\narticle two of this act, and its criminal jurisdiction shall be limited\nto that provided for in the act creating, or regulating the\nadministration of, such district court.\n (e) Preparation for UJCA. The appellate division of each department in\nwhich are located courts to which this act applies in whole or in part\nis empowered as of the time this act is approved by the governor to take\nall needful measures to the end that such courts to which this act\napplies be ready for operation hereunder on the effective date of this\nact. In addition to the powers otherwise conferred by law, any\nmunicipality in which is located a court to which this act applies shall\nhave the power to appropriate and spend money in the manner provided by\nlaw for the cost of transition under this act.\n (f) Acts repealed. Chapter nine hundred thirty-seven of the laws of\nnineteen hundred twenty, constituting the justice court act, and all\nacts amendatory thereof, are hereby REPEALED.\n