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A4669Assembly2019-2020 Session

Allow Court-Ordered Security Payments

Official title

“Authorizes orders of protection to provide for home and personal security devices and order the respondent to cover the costs associated with security devices”

Sponsor J. Gary PretlowAD-89+2 co-sponsorsAffects Legal
Status
In Assembly Committee
Codes
Impact
6/10
Moderate
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Codes

What's happening

This bill lets judges order people subject to protection orders to pay for security devices.

Why it matters

  1. Statewide court powers. Expands the terms judges can include in protection orders under New York’s criminal procedure and family court laws.

  2. Purchase and upkeep. Courts could require payment for obtaining and maintaining home security systems, personal alarms, cellphones and other personal protection devices.

  3. Support preserved. Security-device payments would not diminish or restrict other support ordered by the court.

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Who cares

  • People protected by court orders

    They could receive court-ordered payment for devices intended to help keep them safe.

  • People subject to protection orders

    They could be required to cover both initial and ongoing security-device costs.

  • Criminal and Family Court judges

    They would gain explicit authority to include security-device payments in protection orders.

Headline styles

Allow Court-Ordered Security Payments

Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor
J. Gary Pretlow

Assembly Member · Assembly District 89

Chair, Ways and Means

History

  1. Referred to codes
  2. Referred to codes

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

4669

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

February 5, 2019

Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW, SCHIMMINGER, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, AUBRY, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, ORTIZ, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

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 Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 530.12 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:

(c) to pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home security system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing contained in this paragraph shall diminish or restrict any other support that may be so ordered;

§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 530.13 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:

(a-1) pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home security system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing contained in this paragraph shall diminish or restrict any other support that may be so ordered;

§ 3. Subdivision 4 of section 530.13 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:

(a-1) pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home security system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing contained in this paragraph shall diminish or restrict any other support that may be so ordered;

§ 4. Section 446 of the family court act is amended by adding a new subdivision (g-1) to read as follows:

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

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(g-1) to pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home security system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing contained in this subdivision shall diminish or restrict any other support that may be so ordered;

§ 5. Section 656 of the family court act is amended by adding a new subdivision (h-1) to read as follows:

(h-1) to pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home security system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing contained in this subdivision shall diminish or restrict any other support that may be so ordered;

§ 6. Section 842 of the family court act is amended by adding a new subdivision (h-1) to read as follows:

(h-1) to pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home security system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing contained in this subdivision shall diminish or restrict any other support that may be so ordered;

§ 7. Subdivision 1 of section 1056 of the family court act is amended by adding a new paragraph (f-1) is added to read as follows:

(f-1) to pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home security system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing contained in this paragraph shall diminish or restrict any other support that may be so ordered;

§ 8. This act shall take effect immediately.

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