Section 2300. Application of this act  


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  • (a)  Reference  to  UJCA. All references to the "uniform justice court
      act" or to the "UJCA" in  any  law  of  the  state  shall  be  deemed  a
      reference to this act or to the appropriate portions thereof.
        (b) Courts to which applicable.
        1. Town and village courts. This act shall apply to:
        (i)  every  court in the state which is established in and for a town,
      whether denominated "justice court", "justice's court", "justice of  the
      peace",  "town  court",  "office  of justice of the peace", or any other
      combination of words denoting the office or court commonly known as that
      of justice of the peace of a town; and
        (ii) every court in the state  which  is  established  in  and  for  a
      village, whether denominated "village court", "village justice", "police
      justice",  "police court", "village police justice", "village justice of
      the peace", "office of village police justice", or any other combination
      of words denoting the office or court commonly known as that of  village
      police  justice,  except  as  provided  by subdivision (d) (2) regarding
      areas of a district court.
        2. City courts. The applicability of this act to courts established in
      and for cities outside the city of New York, regardless of the  name  or
      designation  of  such  courts,  shall  be  as  provided in the following
      subparagraphs.
        (i) Civil jurisdiction. If the court has civil  jurisdiction,  but  in
      its exercise is governed by the UCCA pursuant to either paragraph one or
      three  of UCCA § 2300(c), no part of this act shall apply to such court.
      If the court exercised  civil  jurisdiction  immediately  prior  to  the
      effective date of this act and in the exercise thereof the court was and
      is not governed by the UCCA pursuant to either paragraph one or three of
      UCCA  § 2300(c),  this  act,  with  the exception of article 20 and such
      other provisions hereof as are concerned with the criminal practice  and
      procedure,  shall  apply  to  the  court.  In  such  instance, the basic
      monetary jurisdiction of the court, for purposes of article two of  this
      act,  shall  be  as elsewhere provided by law for such court; and if the
      law providing for the monetary jurisdiction  of  such  court  states  no
      monetary figure, but adopts by reference such figure as is supplied by a
      different  law,  the  reference  shall  be  disregarded and the monetary
      jurisdiction of such court, for purposes of article  two  of  this  act,
      shall be $500.
        (ii)  Criminal  jurisdiction.  Article  20 of this act, and such other
      portions hereof as are concerned exclusively with criminal jurisdiction,
      practice or procedure, shall not apply to any court established  in  and
      for a city.
        (c)  Matters  not  governed by this act. The following, with regard to
      each court to which this act is applicable as above provided, shall  not
      be  governed  by this act but shall be governed by such other provisions
      of law as may be applicable to each such court:
        1. All matters regarding justices of a court to which this act applies
      such as are set forth with regard to justices of the  supreme  court  in
      subdivision  (b)  of  section twenty of article six of the constitution;
      and all matters regarding the  selection,  tenure  and  compensation  of
      justices, unless this act makes express provision therefor.
        2.  Matters  regarding expenses of the court and matters regarding the
      duties of justices and employees of the court to  account  for  and  pay
      over fines, penalties, fees and any other monies received by them.
        3.  Matters  regarding  the  selection,  tenure  and  compensation  of
      non-judicial employees, including enforcement officers.
        (d) 1. No court established or abolished. This  act  is  not  intended
      either to establish or to abolish any court in the state.
    
        2. Village courts in district court areas. Notwithstanding subdivision
      (b) (1) (ii) of this section, a village court situated within a district
      of any district court shall not have the civil jurisdiction conferred in
      article  two of this act, and its criminal jurisdiction shall be limited
      to   that   provided   for  in  the  act  creating,  or  regulating  the
      administration of, such district court.
        (e) Preparation for UJCA. The appellate division of each department in
      which are located courts to which this act applies in whole or  in  part
      is empowered as of the time this act is approved by the governor to take
      all  needful  measures  to  the  end  that such courts to which this act
      applies be ready for operation hereunder on the effective date  of  this
      act.  In  addition  to  the  powers  otherwise  conferred  by  law,  any
      municipality in which is located a court to which this act applies shall
      have the power to appropriate and spend money in the manner provided  by
      law for the cost of transition under this act.
        (f)  Acts  repealed.  Chapter nine hundred thirty-seven of the laws of
      nineteen hundred twenty, constituting the justice  court  act,  and  all
      acts amendatory thereof, are hereby REPEALED.