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                                  8766--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary -- recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary  in  accord-
   ance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee

 AN  ACT to amend the family court act and the criminal procedure law, in
   relation to disorderly conduct
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 812 of
 the family court act, as amended by chapter 109 of the laws of 2019,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   The  family court and the criminal courts shall have concurrent juris-
 diction over any  proceeding  concerning  acts  which  would  constitute
 disorderly  conduct AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISIONS ONE, THREE, FOUR, FIVE,
 SIX AND SEVEN OF SECTION 240.20 OF THE PENAL LAW, unlawful dissemination
 or publication of an intimate image, harassment  in  the  first  degree,
 harassment  in  the  second  degree, aggravated harassment in the second
 degree, sexual misconduct, forcible touching, sexual abuse in the  third
 degree,  sexual  abuse  in the second degree as set forth in subdivision
 one of section 130.60 of the penal law, stalking in  the  first  degree,
 stalking in the second degree, stalking in the third degree, stalking in
 the  fourth  degree,  criminal  mischief, menacing in the second degree,
 menacing  in  the  third   degree,   reckless   endangerment,   criminal
 obstruction  of  breathing  or  blood  circulation, strangulation in the
 second degree, strangulation in the first degree, assault in the  second
 degree,  assault  in  the  third  degree, an attempted assault, identity
 theft in the first degree, identity theft in the second degree, identity
 theft in the third degree, grand larceny in  the  fourth  degree,  grand
 larceny  in  the third degree, coercion in the second degree or coercion
 in the third degree as set forth in subdivisions one, two and  three  of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD13934-03-0

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 section  135.60  of  the penal law between spouses or former spouses, or
 between parent and child or between members of the same family or house-
 hold except that if the respondent would not be  criminally  responsible
 by  reason  of  age pursuant to section 30.00 of the penal law, then the
 family court shall have exclusive  jurisdiction  over  such  proceeding.
 Notwithstanding a complainant's election to proceed in family court, the
 criminal  court  shall  not be divested of jurisdiction to hear a family
 offense proceeding pursuant to this section. In any proceeding  pursuant
 to  this  article,  a  court  shall  not deny an order of protection, or
 dismiss a petition, solely on the basis that the acts or events  alleged
 are  not  relatively  contemporaneous with the date of the petition, the
 conclusion of the fact-finding or the conclusion  of  the  dispositional
 hearing.  For  purposes  of  this article, "disorderly conduct" includes
 disorderly conduct not in a public place AND DOES NOT REQUIRE AN  INTENT
 TO  CAUSE PUBLIC INCONVENIENCE, ANNOYANCE OR ALARM, OR RECKLESSLY CREAT-
 ING A RISK THEREOF, BUT MERELY AN INTENT TO CAUSE ANNOYANCE OR ALARM, OR
 RECKLESSLY CREATING A RISK THEREOF.    For  purposes  of  this  article,
 "members of the same family or household" shall mean the following:
   §  2.  The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 530.11 of the
 criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 109 of the laws  of  2019,
 is amended to read as follows:
   The  family court and the criminal courts shall have concurrent juris-
 diction over any  proceeding  concerning  acts  which  would  constitute
 disorderly  conduct AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISIONS ONE, THREE, FOUR, FIVE,
 SIX AND SEVEN OF SECTION 240.20 OF THE PENAL LAW, unlawful dissemination
 or publication of an intimate image, harassment  in  the  first  degree,
 harassment  in  the  second  degree, aggravated harassment in the second
 degree, sexual misconduct, forcible touching, sexual abuse in the  third
 degree,  sexual  abuse  in the second degree as set forth in subdivision
 one of section 130.60 of the penal law, stalking in  the  first  degree,
 stalking in the second degree, stalking in the third degree, stalking in
 the  fourth  degree,  criminal  mischief, menacing in the second degree,
 menacing in the third degree, reckless  endangerment,  strangulation  in
 the   first   degree,  strangulation  in  the  second  degree,  criminal
 obstruction of breathing or blood circulation,  assault  in  the  second
 degree,  assault  in  the  third  degree, an attempted assault, identity
 theft in the first degree, identity theft in the second degree, identity
 theft in the third degree, grand larceny in  the  fourth  degree,  grand
 larceny  in  the third degree, coercion in the second degree or coercion
 in the third degree as set forth in subdivisions one, two and  three  of
 section  135.60  of  the penal law between spouses or former spouses, or
 between parent and child or between members of the same family or house-
 hold except that if the respondent would not be  criminally  responsible
 by  reason  of  age pursuant to section 30.00 of the penal law, then the
 family court shall have exclusive  jurisdiction  over  such  proceeding.
 Notwithstanding a complainant's election to proceed in family court, the
 criminal  court  shall  not be divested of jurisdiction to hear a family
 offense proceeding pursuant  to  this  section.  For  purposes  of  this
 section,  "disorderly  conduct"  includes  disorderly  conduct  not in a
 public place AND DOES NOT REQUIRE AN INTENT TO  CAUSE  PUBLIC  INCONVEN-
 IENCE,  ANNOYANCE  OR  ALARM, OR RECKLESSLY CREATING A RISK THEREOF, BUT
 MERELY AN INTENT TO CAUSE ANNOYANCE OR ALARM, OR RECKLESSLY  CREATING  A
 RISK  THEREOF. For purposes of this section, "members of the same family
 or household" with respect to a proceeding in the criminal courts  shall
 mean the following:
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.