Bill Text: NY A03538 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes orders of protection to provide for personal security devices; orders the respondent to cover the costs associated with security devices; provides if the payment of such costs is awarded the appropriate social services district shall be contacted and directed to pay the petitioner for such costs upon submission of proof of purchase.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to codes [A03538 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A03538-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3538--A 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 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 530.12 of the 2 criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 1-a to 3 read as follows: 4 (1-a) to pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home 5 security system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other 6 personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing 7 contained in this subparagraph shall diminish or restrict any other 8 support that may be so ordered. If the court orders fees to be paid 9 pursuant to this subparagraph, the court shall provide a copy of the 10 order to the appropriate support collection unit of the appropriate 11 social services district with direction to require payment directly to 12 the petitioner upon submission of a receipt or proof of purchase of the 13 personal protection or security device; 14 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 530.13 of the criminal procedure law is 15 amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows: 16 (a-1) pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home secu- 17 rity system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other 18 personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing 19 contained in this paragraph shall diminish or restrict any other support 20 that may be so ordered. If the court orders fees to be paid pursuant to 21 this paragraph, the court shall provide a copy of the order to the 22 appropriate support collection unit of the appropriate social services 23 district with direction to require payment directly to the petitioner EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08177-02-3A. 3538--A 2 1 upon submission of a receipt or proof of purchase of the personal 2 protection or security device; 3 § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 530.13 of the criminal procedure law is 4 amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows: 5 (a-1) pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home secu- 6 rity system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other 7 personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing 8 contained in this paragraph shall diminish or restrict any other support 9 that may be so ordered. If the court orders fees to be paid pursuant to 10 this paragraph, the court shall provide a copy of the order to the 11 appropriate support collection unit of the appropriate social services 12 district with direction to require payment directly to the petitioner 13 upon submission of a receipt or proof of purchase of the personal 14 protection or security device; 15 § 4. Section 446 of the family court act is amended by adding a new 16 subdivision (g-1) to read as follows: 17 (g-1) to pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home 18 security system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other 19 personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing 20 contained in this subdivision shall diminish or restrict any other 21 support that may be so ordered. If the court orders fees to be paid 22 pursuant to this subdivision, the court shall provide a copy of the 23 order to the appropriate support collection unit of the appropriate 24 social services district with direction to require payment directly to 25 the petitioner upon submission of a receipt or proof of purchase of the 26 personal protection or security device; 27 § 5. Section 656 of the family court act is amended by adding a new 28 subdivision (h-1) to read as follows: 29 (h-1) to pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home 30 security system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other 31 personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing 32 contained in this subdivision shall diminish or restrict any other 33 support that may be so ordered. If the court orders fees to be paid 34 pursuant to this subdivision, the court shall provide a copy of the 35 order to the appropriate support collection unit of the appropriate 36 social services district with direction to require payment directly to 37 the petitioner upon submission of a receipt or proof of purchase of the 38 personal protection or security device; 39 § 6. Section 842 of the family court act is amended by adding a new 40 subdivision (h-1) to read as follows: 41 (h-1) to pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home 42 security system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other 43 personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing 44 contained in this subdivision shall diminish or restrict any other 45 support that may be so ordered. If the court orders fees to be paid 46 pursuant to this subdivision, the court shall provide a copy of the 47 order to the appropriate support collection unit of the appropriate 48 social services district with direction to require payment directly to 49 the petitioner upon submission of a receipt or proof of purchase of the 50 personal protection or security device; 51 § 7. Subdivision 1 of section 1056 of the family court act is amended 52 by adding a new paragraph (f-1) to read as follows: 53 (f-1) to pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home 54 security system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other 55 personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing 56 contained in this paragraph shall diminish or restrict any other supportA. 3538--A 3 1 that may be so ordered. If the court orders fees to be paid pursuant to 2 this paragraph, the court shall provide a copy of the order to the 3 appropriate support collection unit of the appropriate social services 4 district with direction to require payment directly to the petitioner 5 upon submission of a receipt or proof of purchase of the personal 6 protection or security device; 7 § 8. This act shall take effect immediately.
