STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3538 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 3, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law and the family court act, in relation to authorizing order of protection to contain provision for personal security devices The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 530.12 of the criminal procedure 2 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: 3 (c) to pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home secu- 4 rity system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other 5 personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing 6 contained in this paragraph shall diminish or restrict any other support 7 that may be so ordered; 8 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 530.13 of the criminal procedure law is 9 amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows: 10 (a-1) pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home secu- 11 rity system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other 12 personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing 13 contained in this paragraph shall diminish or restrict any other support 14 that may be so ordered; 15 § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 530.13 of the criminal procedure law is 16 amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows: 17 (a-1) pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home secu- 18 rity system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other 19 personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing 20 contained in this paragraph shall diminish or restrict any other support 21 that may be so ordered; 22 § 4. Section 446 of the family court act is amended by adding a new 23 subdivision (g-1) to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08177-01-3A. 3538 2 1 (g-1) to pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home 2 security system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other 3 personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing 4 contained in this subdivision shall diminish or restrict any other 5 support that may be so ordered; 6 § 5. Section 656 of the family court act is amended by adding a new 7 subdivision (h-1) to read as follows: 8 (h-1) to pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home 9 security system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other 10 personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing 11 contained in this subdivision shall diminish or restrict any other 12 support that may be so ordered; 13 § 6. Section 842 of the family court act is amended by adding a new 14 subdivision (h-1) to read as follows: 15 (h-1) to pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home 16 security system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other 17 personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing 18 contained in this subdivision shall diminish or restrict any other 19 support that may be so ordered; 20 § 7. Subdivision 1 of section 1056 of the family court act is amended 21 by adding a new paragraph (f-1) is added to read as follows: 22 (f-1) to pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home 23 security system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other 24 personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing 25 contained in this paragraph shall diminish or restrict any other support 26 that may be so ordered; 27 § 8. This act shall take effect immediately.