Bill Text: NY A03419 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes a victim of domestic violence to apply to the county clerk to remove the violent felony offender from deed of co-owned real property in such county.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to governmental operations [A03419 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03419-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3419
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 29, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations
        AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to victims of domestic
          violence
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 577 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  577.  Violent  felon  removed  from  deed  with  victim. 1. For the
     4  purposes of this section, the following terms shall have  the  following
     5  meanings:
     6    (a)  "violent felony offense" shall have the same meaning set forth in
     7  subdivision one of section 70.02 of the penal law;
     8    (b) "victim of domestic violence" shall  mean  any  person  who  is  a
     9  victim of an act which would constitute a violent felony offense; and
    10    (i)  such  act  or  acts have resulted in actual physical or emotional
    11  injury or have created a substantial risk of physical or emotional  harm
    12  to such person or such person's child; and
    13    (ii)  such  act or acts are or are alleged to have been committed by a
    14  family or household member.
    15    2. Any victim of domestic violence who holds title  to  real  property
    16  with  the  person  who was convicted of the violent felony offense which
    17  constituted the domestic violence against such victim may apply  to  the
    18  county  clerk  in  the  county in which such real property is located to
    19  remove the name of such violent felony offender from the  deed  of  such
    20  real  property.  Application  shall  be  made in a manner and form to be
    21  determined by such county clerk.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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