Senate Bill S2185

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to translation services for certain orders by courts of competent jurisdiction

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families Committee

  • 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-S2185 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Children And Families
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§530.12 & 530.13, CP L; amd §§240 & 252, Dom Rel L; amd §212, Judy L

2017-S2185 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires orders of protection and temporary orders of protection issued in family court or in criminal court to be translated by an interpreter into the native language of the parties.

2017-S2185 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2185 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2185
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. ALCANTARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the criminal procedure law, the domestic relations law
   and the judiciary law, in relation to translation services for certain
   orders by courts of competent jurisdiction

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 530.12 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
   16. THE COURT OF  COMPETENT  JURISDICTION  SHALL  PROVIDE  TRANSLATION
 SERVICES  OF AN ORDER OF PROTECTION OR TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION, AS
 PROVIDED BY PARAGRAPH (U) OF SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED
 TWELVE OF THE JUDICIARY LAW, TO ANY DEFENDANT AND/OR PERSON PROTECTED BY
 SUCH ORDER OF PROTECTION WHO IS NOT FLUENT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. SUCH
 TRANSLATION,  OR  THE  INABILITY  TO TRANSLATE INTO A DEFENDANT'S NATIVE
 LANGUAGE, SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THE ORDER.
   § 2. Section 530.13 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10. THE COURT OF  COMPETENT  JURISDICTION  SHALL  PROVIDE  TRANSLATION
 SERVICES  OF AN ORDER OF PROTECTION OR TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION, AS
 PROVIDED BY PARAGRAPH (U) OF SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED
 TWELVE OF THE JUDICIARY LAW, TO ANY DEFENDANT AND/OR PERSON PROTECTED BY
 SUCH ORDER OF PROTECTION WHO IS NOT FLUENT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. SUCH
 TRANSLATION,  OR  THE  INABILITY  TO TRANSLATE INTO A DEFENDANT'S NATIVE
 LANGUAGE, SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THE ORDER.
   § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 240 of the  domestic  relations  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph a-1 to read as follows:
   A-1.  THE  COURT  OF  COMPETENT JURISDICTION SHALL PROVIDE TRANSLATION
 SERVICES OF AN ORDER OF PROTECTION OR TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION,  AS
 PROVIDED  BY  PARAGRAPH  (U)  OF  SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED
 TWELVE OF THE JUDICIARY LAW, TO ANY RESPONDENT AND/OR  PERSON  PROTECTED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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