Bill Text: NY A10365 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends the chief administrator of the courts' authority to allow referees to determine certain applications to a family court for an order of protection; removes the expiration of the judicial hearing officer pilot program in the family courts of the seventh and eighth judicial districts for ordering a reference to determine an application for an order of protection or temporary order of protection in certain cases.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-07-31 - signed chap.161 [A10365 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A10365-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10365
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     April 18, 2018
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        Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Judiciary
        AN ACT to amend chapter 363 of the laws of 2010, amending the  judiciary
          law  relating  to  granting  the chief administrator of the courts the
          authority to allow referees to determine applications  for  orders  of
          protection during the hours family court is in session, in relation to
          the  expiration  date thereof; and to amend chapter 219 of the laws of
          2002 amending the judiciary law relating to the judicial hearing offi-
          cer pilot program and the powers of the  chief  administrator  of  the
          courts, in relation to the effectiveness of such chapter
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 363 of the laws of 2010, amending  the
     2  judiciary law relating to granting the chief administrator of the courts
     3  the  authority to allow referees to determine applications for orders of
     4  protection during the hours family court is in session,  as  amended  by
     5  chapter 48 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
     6    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided that paragraph
     7  (n) of subdivision 2 of section 212 of the judiciary law,  as  added  by
     8  section  one  of this act, shall expire and be deemed repealed September
     9  1, [2018] 2020.
    10    § 2. Section 2 of chapter 219 of the laws of 2002, amending the  judi-
    11  ciary law relating to the judicial hearing officer pilot program and the
    12  powers  of  the chief administrator of the courts, as amended by chapter
    13  48 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire 16 years
    15  after its effective date, when, upon such date, the provisions  of  this
    16  act shall be deemed repealed].
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15487-01-8