Bill Text: NY A07847 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to requiring certain civil court documents to be provided to parties in their native language and requiring parties to demonstrate their understanding of the nature and effect of such documents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-11 - print number 7847b [A07847 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07847-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7847--B
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 28, 2015
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. JOYNER, RICHARDSON, BLAKE, GOTTFRIED, MILLER,
          SIMON, ORTIZ, COOK, PERRY, LINARES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.
          BRENNAN,  RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judici-
          ary -- recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary  in  accordance  with
          Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee -- again
          reported from said committee with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  New  York  city civil court act, in relation to
          requiring certain civil court documents to be provided to  parties  in
          their native language
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The New York city civil court act is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new section 2105 to read as follows:
     3    §  2105.  Languages  in  which  certain  court  documents  are  to  be
     4  furnished. (a) Court  documents  provided  to  parties  including  court
     5  orders  and any other court documents which include stipulations direct-
     6  ing action to be taken or forborne by either of such  parties  shall  be
     7  provided to such parties in their native language, provided they are not
     8  fluent  in  English; and provided, further, that such native language is
     9  one of the six most prevalent languages, other than English,  spoken  in
    10  the city of New York.
    11    (b) The person who drafts such a court document in the native language
    12  of  a  party, pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, shall provide
    13  the court with a copy of the document in both English and in the  native
    14  language,  and  shall certify under oath that the document in the native
    15  language accurately reflects the same document written in English.
    16    (c) All parties shall demonstrate, to the satisfaction of  the  court,
    17  their comprehension of the nature and effect of each such court order or
    18  stipulation.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    20  it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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