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1 Co-sponsor
History
- Substituted by A2242
- Ordered to third reading cal.1829
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to codes
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Limits the scope of information disclosed in a published notice of change of name
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Harry B. Bronson
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5240
Title of bill
An act to amend the civil rights law, in relation to limiting the scope of information disclosed in a published notice of change of name
Purpose of bill
The bill will amend the publication requirement to protect personal safety by waiving in certain instances the information that must be published for a name change order.
Summary of provisions
The publication exemptions, as required by Section 64-a of the civil rights act, will be amended to include a finding by the court of the following circumstances: If the court shall find that the publication of an applicant's change of name would jeopardize such applicant's personal safety, based on totality of the circumstances the provisions of sections sixty-three and sixty-four of this article requiring publication shall be waived and shall be inapplicable. Provided, however, the court shall not deny such waiver solely on the basis that the applicant lacks specific instances of or a personal history of threat to personal safety.
Justification
By limiting and/or waiving the amount of information required for publication purposes, this law will protect petitioner's personal safety. This legislation will follow-up on The Matter of E.P.L., 2009 NY Slip Op 29451 26 Misc 3d 336, which ruled that, "the petitioner requests that notice of the order granting his name change not be published in a newspaper in this county or maintained as a court record accessible to the public. Civil Rights Law § 64-a authorizes waiver of publication and sealing of the court record upon a finding that publication of a name change would jeopardize the safety of the person whose name is changed." Under the court ruling and this bill those seeking to have the publication of a name change waived, will have such waiver granted based on a showing that such publication, under a totality of the circumstances, may jeopardize petitioner's personal safety without the necessity of showing actual past or historical abuse or violence against the particular petitioner,
Legislative history
New bill in the Senate. A.9409 of 2014 passed the Assembly.
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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