Assembly Bill A4370

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides for immediate notification to a complainant, in the manner specified by the complainant, of the service of an ex parte order of protection

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A4370 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4060
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Add §530.13-a, CP L; add §153-d, Fam Ct Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10663, S733
2011-2012: A3677, S2942
2013-2014: A6289, S3622
2015-2016: A10094, S3335
2019-2020: A3093, S375
2021-2022: S4496
2023-2024: S2828

2017-A4370 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for immediate notification to a complainant, in the manner specified by the complainant, of the service of an ex parte order of protection.

2017-A4370 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4370
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- 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 notification of service of ex parte orders of protection
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The criminal procedure law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 530.13-a to read as follows:
 § 530.13-A NOTIFICATION OF SERVICE OF EX PARTE ORDER OF PROTECTION.
   1. A COMPLAINANT WHO IS GRANTED AN EX PARTE ORDER OF PROTECTION BY THE
 COURT  AND  A  COMPLAINANT  WHO  REQUESTS  THAT  AN  EX  PARTE  ORDER OF
 PROTECTION BE GRANTED BY THE COURT, WHO WISHES TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN AN EX
 PARTE ORDER OF PROTECTION IS SERVED  ON  THE  PERSON  AGAINST  WHOM  THE
 COMPLAINT  IS  MADE, SHALL NOTIFY THE COURT CLERK OF THE MANNER IN WHICH
 HE OR SHE WISHES TO BE NOTIFIED. NOTIFICATION BY MAIL, TELEPHONE, E-MAIL
 OR OTHER MEANS OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SHALL BE USED BY  THE  COURT,
 IF  REQUESTED,  AND IF THE COURT HAS THE EQUIPMENT TO MAKE SUCH COMMUNI-
 CATION.  THE COURT SHALL INFORM ALL COMPLAINANTS WHO ARE GRANTED  AN  EX
 PARTE  ORDER  OF  PROTECTION  AND  WHO  REQUEST  AN  EX  PARTE  ORDER OF
 PROTECTION OF THEIR RIGHT TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN THE ORDER OF PROTECTION IS
 SERVED.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  ANY
 POLICE  OFFICER,  PEACE  OFFICER  OR OTHER PERSON WHO SERVES AN EX PARTE
 ORDER OF PROTECTION ON A PERSON AGAINST WHOM A COMPLAINT HAS  BEEN  MADE
 SHALL  IMMEDIATELY  NOTIFY  THE CLERK OF THE COURT WHICH MADE SAID ORDER
 THAT THE SERVICE HAS BEEN MADE. AFTER NOTIFICATION TO THE CLERK  OF  THE
 COURT  THAT SERVICE OF AN EX PARTE ORDER OF PROTECTION HAS BEEN MADE, OR
 UPON SERVICE OF SUCH ORDER BY A COURT EMPLOYEE  UPON  A  PERSON  AGAINST
 WHOM A COMPLAINT HAS BEEN MADE, THE CLERK OF THE COURT WHICH ISSUED SUCH
 ORDER  SHALL NOTIFY THE COMPLAINANT IMMEDIATELY, IN THE MANNER SPECIFIED
 BY THE COMPLAINANT, THAT SUCH SERVICE HAS BEEN MADE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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