Bill Text: NY A07507 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires the chief administrator of the courts to provide reports on legal training programs conducted by the office of court administration, the performance of the judges and justices of the unified court system, and the security of the judicial and non-judicial officers of the unified court system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to judiciary [A07507 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A07507-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7507--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 25, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to requiring the chief administrator of the courts to provide certain reports related to the office of court administration The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 212 of the judiciary law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. (a) The chief administrator shall collect and compile data on legal 4 training programs conducted by, or under the supervision of, the office 5 of court administration for the judges and justices of the unified court 6 system, including: 7 (i) the date, time, location, and topic of each training program; 8 (ii) the judges and justices who attended each training program; and 9 (iii) any materials presented and/or distributed at each training 10 program, such as slideshows, case compilations, and reference guides. 11 (b) On or before the first day of January of each year, the chief 12 administrator shall submit a report to the governor, the temporary pres- 13 ident of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly containing the data 14 required to be collected and compiled by this subdivision. Such report 15 shall also contain legal reference materials distributed or otherwise 16 made available, in whatever form, to judges and justices for day-to-day 17 practice, such as bench cards and bench books. 18 § 2. Section 212 of the judiciary law is amended by adding a new 19 subdivision 4 to read as follows: 20 4. (a) The chief administrator shall prepare an annual report on the 21 performance of the judges and justices of the unified court system. The 22 chief administrator shall submit such report to the governor, the tempo- 23 rary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly, and shall EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11148-03-3A. 7507--A 2 1 publish such report on the website of the office of court adminis- 2 tration, on or before the first day of January of each year. Such report 3 shall include: 4 (i) rules, policies and procedures of the office of court adminis- 5 tration for promoting the timely and just resolution of actions and 6 proceedings, including standards and goals for motion resolution and 7 case disposition; and 8 (ii) for each judge and justice: 9 (A) the number of cases in which the standards and goals described in 10 subparagraph (i) of this paragraph were, and were not, met; 11 (B) the number of motions that have been pending for more than six 12 months and the name of each case in which such motion has been pending; 13 (C) the number of bench trials that have been submitted for more than 14 six months and the name of each case in which such trials are under 15 submission; 16 (D) the number and names of cases that have not been terminated within 17 three years of filing; and 18 (E) the number of orders and judgments reversed, modified, or vacated 19 on appeal, for whatever reason, by a higher court. 20 (b) The information required under subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) 21 of this subdivision shall be posted in a searchable, sortable, alphanu- 22 meric form that can be digitally transmitted or processed, and not in 23 portable document format or scanned copies of original documents. 24 § 3. Section 212 of the judiciary law is amended by adding a new 25 subdivision 5 to read as follows: 26 5. (a) On or before June first, two thousand twenty-four, and every 27 year thereafter on or before January first, the chief administrator 28 shall submit an annual report on the security of the judicial and non- 29 judicial officers of the unified court system to the governor, the 30 temporary president of the senate, the chair of the senate committee on 31 the judiciary, the speaker of the assembly, and the chair of the assem- 32 bly committee on the judiciary. Such report shall include, for the 33 preceding year: 34 (i) the number of threats directed at judicial and non-judicial offi- 35 cers and their families; 36 (ii) the number of physical assaults and attempted assaults on judi- 37 cial and non-judicial officers and their families; 38 (iii) the number of police reports filed and criminal prosecutions 39 related to subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of this paragraph; and 40 (iv) the number of judicial officers, non-judicial officers, former 41 judicial officers, and former non-judicial officers covered by extraor- 42 dinary security measures at any point in the preceding year, and the 43 cumulative cost of such extraordinary security measures. For the purpose 44 of this subdivision, extraordinary security measures shall mean security 45 measures other than security provided at a courthouse on a daily basis 46 by uniformed court officers or a local sheriff or police department, 47 including but not limited to an off-hours, non-courthouse guard detail. 48 (b) The first report required under paragraph (a) of this subdivision 49 shall cover two thousand twenty-three and January through March of two 50 thousand twenty-four. 51 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
