Bill Text: NY A01440 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Enacts the "Lydia Peikon Cotz act"; provides domestic violence victims and crime victims with supervision while taking depositions; directs the court to provide a secure location within the courthouse, and a court officer, for such persons taking depositions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to codes [A01440 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A01440-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1440
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, MILLER -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to provid-
ing domestic violence victims or crime victims with supervision while
taking depositions
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
2 the "Lydia Peikon Cotz act".
3 S 2. Section 3104 of the civil practice law and rules is amended by
4 adding a new subdivision (f) to read as follows:
5 (F) WHENEVER A PARTY IS PROTECTED BY AN ORDER OF PROTECTION ISSUED
6 UNDER SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-TWO OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT OR A
7 PROTECTIVE ORDER ISSUED UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 530.12 OF THE
8 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, UPON APPLICATION, THE COURT SHALL PROVIDE A
9 SECURE LOCATION WITHIN THE COURTHOUSE, AND A COURT OFFICER, FOR TAKING
10 THE DEPOSITION OF EITHER THE PARTY OR THE OPPOSING PARTY.
11 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00467-01-3
