NY State Assembly Bill 2021-A5719

Assembly Bill A5719

Signed By Governor

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes the chief administrator of the courts to establish veterans treatment courts; and relates to the removal of certain actions to veterans treatment courts

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 29, 2021	signed chap.91 delivered to governor
Mar 24, 2021	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.409 substituted for s1957a
Mar 16, 2021	referred to judiciary delivered to senate passed assembly
Mar 15, 2021	ordered to third reading rules cal.41 rules report cal.41 reported reported referred to rules reported referred to ways and means reported referred to codes
Mar 09, 2021	print number 5719a
Mar 09, 2021	amend and recommit to judiciary
Feb 24, 2021	referred to judiciary

Votes

- Mar 24, 2021 - Floor Vote
  A5719
  
  63
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Mar 24, 2021
      
      aye (63)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Brouk
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rath III
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik

Bill Amendments

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co-Sponsors

2021-A5719 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S1957
Law Section:: Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §212, Judy L; amd §§170.15 & 180.20, add §230.21, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: A8360, S5059

2021-A5719 - Summary

Authorizes the chief administrator of the courts to establish veterans treatment courts; relates to the removal of certain actions to veterans treatment courts.

2021-A5719 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5719
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. GALEF, STIRPE, HUNTER, McDONOUGH, MANKTELOW --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to authorizing the  chief
   administrator  of  the  courts to establish veterans treatment courts;
   and to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the removal of
   certain actions to veterans treatment courts
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  212  of the judiciary law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (aa) to read as follows:
   (AA) TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE,  ESTABLISH  SUCH  NUMBER  OF  VETERANS
 TREATMENT COURTS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO FULFILL THE PURPOSES OF SUBDIVI-
 SION  FOUR  OF SECTION 170.15 AND SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 180.20 OF
 THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW.
   § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 170.15 of the criminal procedure law, as
 added by chapter 191 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   5. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the  contrary,
 in any county outside a city having a population of one million or more,
 upon or after arraignment of a defendant on an information, a simplified
 information, a prosecutor's information or a misdemeanor complaint pend-
 ing  in  a  local  criminal  court,  such  court may, upon motion of the
 defendant [and after giving the district attorney an opportunity  to  be
 heard,  order  that  the  action  be removed from the court in which the
 matter is pending to another local criminal court in the same county, or
 with consent of the district attorney to another court in  an  adjoining
 county,  that  has  been  designated as a human trafficking court by the
 chief administrator of the courts, and such human trafficking court]  TO
 REMOVE THE ACTION TO A COURT IN AN ADJOINING COUNTY THAT HAS BEEN DESIG-
 NATED  AS  A  HUMAN TRAFFICKING COURT OR VETERANS TREATMENT COURT BY THE
 CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS, AND AFTER GIVING THE DISTRICT  ATTOR-
 NEY  AN  OPPORTUNITY  TO  BE  HEARD AND WITH THE CONSENT OF THE DISTRICT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD02732-02-1

 A. 5719                             2
 
 ATTORNEY OF THE ADJOINING COUNTY, ORDER THAT THE ACTION BE REMOVED  FROM
 THE COURT IN WHICH THE MATTER IS PENDING TO SUCH HUMAN TRAFFICKING COURT
 OR  VETERANS TREATMENT COURT, WHEREUPON SUCH COURT may then conduct such
 action  to  [judgement]  JUDGMENT  or  other final deposition; provided,
 however, that NO COURT MAY ORDER REMOVAL HEREUNDER WHERE THE ACCUSED AND
 THE PERSON ALLEGED TO BE THE VICTIM OF AN OFFENSE CHARGED ARE MEMBERS OF
 THE SAME FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION
 530.11  OF  THIS  CHAPTER; AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT an order of removal
 issued under this subdivision shall not  take  effect  until  five  days
 after the date the order is issued unless, prior to such effective date,
 the  human  trafficking  court  OR VETERANS TREATMENT COURT notifies the
 court that issued the order that:
   i. it will not accept the action, in which event the order  shall  not
 take effect; or
   ii.  it will accept the action on a date prior to such effective date,
 in which event the order shall take effect upon such prior date.
   (b) Upon providing notification pursuant to subparagraph i  or  ii  of
 paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the human trafficking court OR VETER-
 ANS  TREATMENT COURT shall promptly give notice to the defendant, his or
 her counsel, and the district attorney.
   § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 180.20 of the criminal procedure law, as
 added by chapter 191 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   4. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the  contrary,
 in any county outside a city having a population of one million or more,
 upon  or  after arraignment of a defendant on a felony complaint pending
 in a local criminal court having preliminary jurisdiction thereof,  such
 court  may,  upon  motion of the defendant and after giving the district
 attorney an opportunity to be heard, order that the  action  be  removed
 from  the court in which the matter is pending to another local criminal
 court in the same county, or with consent of the district  attorney  [to
 another  court  in] OF an adjoining county, TO A COURT IN SUCH ADJOINING
 COUNTY that has been designated as a human trafficking court OR VETERANS
 TREATMENT COURT by the chief administrator of the courts, and such human
 trafficking court OR VETERANS TREATMENT  COURT  may  then  conduct  such
 action  to  judgment or other final disposition; provided, however, that
 NO COURT MAY ORDER REMOVAL HEREUNDER WHERE THE ACCUSED  AND  THE  PERSON
 ALLEGED  TO  BE THE VICTIM OF AN OFFENSE CHARGED ARE MEMBERS OF THE SAME
 FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION  530.11  OF
 THIS CHAPTER; AND PROVIDED FURTHER an order of removal issued under this
 subdivision  shall  not  take  effect until five days after the date the
 order is issued unless, prior to such effective date,  the  human  traf-
 ficking court OR VETERANS TREATMENT COURT notifies the court that issued
 the order that:
   i.  it  will not accept the action, in which event the order shall not
 take effect; or
   ii. it will accept the action on a date prior to such effective  date,
 in which event the order shall take effect upon such prior date.
   (b)  Upon  providing  notification pursuant to subparagraph i or ii of
 paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the human trafficking court OR VETER-
 ANS TREATMENT COURT shall promptly give notice to the defendant, his  or
 her counsel and the district attorney.
   §  4.  The  criminal  procedure law is amended by adding a new section
 230.21 to read as follows:
 § 230.21 REMOVAL OF ACTION; TO AN ADJOINING COUNTY.
   1. IN ANY COUNTY OUTSIDE A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION  OR
 MORE,  THE  COURT MAY, UPON MOTION OF THE DEFENDANT AND AFTER GIVING THE

 A. 5719                             3
 
 DISTRICT ATTORNEY AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD, AND WITH  CONSENT  OF  THE
 DISTRICT  ATTORNEY  OF  AN  ADJOINING  COUNTY  THAT HAS A SUPERIOR COURT
 DESIGNATED A HUMAN TRAFFICKING COURT OR VETERANS TREATMENT COURT BY  THE
 CHIEF  ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS, ORDER THAT THE INDICTMENT AND ACTION
 BE REMOVED FROM THE COURT IN WHICH THE MATTER IS PENDING TO  SUCH  HUMAN
 TRAFFICKING  COURT OR VETERANS TREATMENT COURT, WHEREUPON SUCH COURT MAY
 THEN CONDUCT  SUCH  ACTION  TO  JUDGMENT  OR  OTHER  FINAL  DISPOSITION;
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT NO COURT MAY ORDER REMOVAL HEREUNDER WHERE THE
 ACCUSED AND THE PERSON ALLEGED TO BE THE VICTIM OF  AN  OFFENSE  CHARGED
 ARE  MEMBERS  OF  THE SAME FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION
 ONE OF SECTION 530.11 OF THIS CHAPTER;  AND  PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT  AN
 ORDER  OF  REMOVAL  ISSUED  UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT TAKE EFFECT
 UNTIL FIVE DAYS AFTER THE DATE THE ORDER IS ISSUED UNLESS, PRIOR TO SUCH
 EFFECTIVE DATE, THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING COURT OR VETERANS TREATMENT  COURT
 NOTIFIES THE COURT THAT ISSUED THE ORDER THAT:
   (A)  IT WILL NOT ACCEPT THE ACTION, IN WHICH EVENT THE ORDER SHALL NOT
 TAKE EFFECT, OR
   (B) IT WILL ACCEPT THE ACTION ON A DATE PRIOR TO SUCH EFFECTIVE  DATE,
 IN WHICH EVENT THE ORDER SHALL TAKE EFFECT UPON SUCH PRIOR DATE.
   2.  UPON  PROVIDING  NOTIFICATION  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OR (B) OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING COURT OR VETERANS
 TREATMENT COURT SHALL PROMPTLY GIVE NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT, HIS OR  HER
 COUNSEL AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF BOTH COUNTIES.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2021-A5719A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S1957
Law Section:: Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §212, Judy L; amd §§170.15 & 180.20, add §230.21, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: A8360, S5059

2021-A5719A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the chief administrator of the courts to establish veterans treatment courts; relates to the removal of certain actions to veterans treatment courts.

2021-A5719A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5719--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. GALEF, STIRPE, HUNTER, McDONOUGH, MANKTELOW --
   read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Judiciary  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to authorizing the chief
   administrator of the courts to establish  veterans  treatment  courts;
   and to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the removal of
   certain actions to veterans treatment courts
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of  section  212  of  the  judiciary  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (bb) to read as follows:
   (BB)  TO  THE  EXTENT  PRACTICABLE,  ESTABLISH SUCH NUMBER OF VETERANS
 TREATMENT COURTS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO FULFILL THE PURPOSES OF SUBDIVI-
 SION FIVE OF SECTION 170.15, SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION 180.20, SECTION
 230.11 AND SECTION 230.21 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW.
   § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 170.15 of the criminal procedure law, as
 added by chapter 191 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   5. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the  contrary,
 in any county outside a city having a population of one million or more,
 upon or after arraignment of a defendant on an information, a simplified
 information, a prosecutor's information or a misdemeanor complaint pend-
 ing  in  a  local  criminal  court,  such  court may, upon motion of the
 defendant and after giving the district attorney an  opportunity  to  be
 heard,  order  that  the  action  be removed from the court in which the
 matter is pending to another local criminal court in the same county, or
 with consent of the district attorney AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY  OF  THE
 ADJOINING  COUNTY  to  another court in [an] SUCH adjoining county, that
 has been designated as a human trafficking court OR  VETERANS  TREATMENT
 COURT by the chief administrator of the courts, and such human traffick-
 ing  court  OR  VETERANS TREATMENT COURT may then conduct such action to
 [judgement] JUDGMENT or other final deposition; provided, however,  that
 NO  COURT  MAY  ORDER REMOVAL PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION TO A VETERANS
 TREATMENT COURT OF A FAMILY OFFENSE CHARGE DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION  ONE

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02732-09-1

 A. 5719--A                          2

 OF  SECTION  530.11  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  WHERE THE ACCUSED AND THE PERSON
 ALLEGED TO BE THE VICTIM OF SUCH OFFENSE CHARGED ARE MEMBERS OF THE SAME
 FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD AS  DEFINED  IN  SUCH  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION
 530.11;  AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT an order of removal issued under this
 subdivision shall not take effect until five days  after  the  date  the
 order  is  issued  unless, prior to such effective date, the human traf-
 ficking court OR VETERANS TREATMENT COURT notifies the court that issued
 the order that:
   i. it will not accept the action, in which event the order  shall  not
 take effect; or
   ii.  it will accept the action on a date prior to such effective date,
 in which event the order shall take effect upon such prior date.
   (b) Upon providing notification pursuant to subparagraph i  or  ii  of
 paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the human trafficking court OR VETER-
 ANS  TREATMENT COURT shall promptly give notice to the defendant, his or
 her counsel, and the district attorney.
   § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 180.20 of the criminal procedure law, as
 added by chapter 191 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   4. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the  contrary,
 in any county outside a city having a population of one million or more,
 upon  or  after arraignment of a defendant on a felony complaint pending
 in a local criminal court having preliminary jurisdiction thereof,  such
 court  may,  upon  motion of the defendant and after giving the district
 attorney an opportunity to be heard, order that the  action  be  removed
 from  the court in which the matter is pending to another local criminal
 court in the same county, or with consent of the district  attorney  AND
 THE  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY OF THE ADJOINING COUNTY to another court in [an]
 SUCH adjoining county, that has been designated as a  human  trafficking
 court  OR  VETERANS  TREATMENT  COURT  by the chief administrator of the
 courts, and such human trafficking court OR VETERANS TREATMENT COURT may
 then conduct  such  action  to  judgment  or  other  final  disposition;
 provided,  however,  that  NO  COURT  MAY ORDER REMOVAL PURSUANT TO THIS
 SUBDIVISION TO A VETERANS TREATMENT COURT OF  A  FAMILY  OFFENSE  CHARGE
 DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 530.11 OF THIS CHAPTER WHERE THE
 ACCUSED  AND THE PERSON ALLEGED TO BE THE VICTIM OF SUCH OFFENSE CHARGED
 ARE MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD AS DEFINED IN SUCH  SUBDIVI-
 SION  ONE  OF  SECTION  530.11; AND PROVIDED FURTHER an order of removal
 issued under this subdivision shall not  take  effect  until  five  days
 after the date the order is issued unless, prior to such effective date,
 the  human  trafficking  court  OR VETERANS TREATMENT COURT notifies the
 court that issued the order that:
   i. it will not accept the action, in which event the order  shall  not
 take effect; or
   ii.  it will accept the action on a date prior to such effective date,
 in which event the order shall take effect upon such prior date.
   (b) Upon providing notification pursuant to subparagraph i  or  ii  of
 paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the human trafficking court OR VETER-
 ANS  TREATMENT COURT shall promptly give notice to the defendant, his or
 her counsel and the district attorney.
   § 4. The criminal procedure law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
 230.11 to read as follows:
 § 230.11 REMOVAL OF ACTION TO CERTAIN COURTS WITHIN A COUNTY.
   1.  IN ANY COUNTY OUTSIDE A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR
 MORE, UPON OR AFTER ARRAIGNMENT OF A DEFENDANT ON AN INDICTMENT  PENDING
 IN  A  SUPERIOR  COURT HAVING JURISDICTION THEREOF, SUCH COURT MAY, UPON
 MOTION OF THE DEFENDANT AND AFTER GIVING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AN OPPOR-

 A. 5719--A                          3
 
 TUNITY TO BE HEARD, ORDER THAT THE ACTION BE REMOVED FROM THE  COURT  IN
 WHICH THE MATTER IS PENDING TO ANOTHER COURT IN THE SAME COUNTY THAT HAS
 BEEN DESIGNATED AS A HUMAN TRAFFICKING COURT OR VETERANS TREATMENT COURT
 BY  THE  CHIEF  ADMINISTRATOR  OF THE COURTS, AND SUCH HUMAN TRAFFICKING
 COURT OR VETERANS TREATMENT COURT MAY THEN CONDUCT SUCH ACTION TO  JUDG-
 MENT  OR  OTHER  FINAL DISPOSITION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO COURT MAY
 ORDER REMOVAL PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION TO A VETERANS TREATMENT COURT  OF
 A  FAMILY  OFFENSE CHARGE DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 530.11
 OF THIS CHAPTER WHERE THE ACCUSED AND  THE  PERSON  ALLEGED  TO  BE  THE
 VICTIM  OF SUCH OFFENSE CHARGED ARE MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY OR HOUSE-
 HOLD AS DEFINED IN SUCH SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 530.11; AND  PROVIDED
 FURTHER THAT AN ORDER OF REMOVAL ISSUED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT
 TAKE  EFFECT  UNTIL FIVE DAYS AFTER THE DATE THE ORDER IS ISSUED UNLESS,
 PRIOR TO SUCH EFFECTIVE DATE, THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING  COURT  OR  VETERANS
 TREATMENT COURT NOTIFIES THE COURT THAT ISSUED THE ORDER THAT:
   (A)  IT WILL NOT ACCEPT THE ACTION, IN WHICH EVENT THE ORDER SHALL NOT
 TAKE EFFECT; OR
   (B) IT WILL ACCEPT THE ACTION ON A DATE PRIOR TO SUCH EFFECTIVE  DATE,
 IN WHICH EVENT THE ORDER SHALL TAKE EFFECT UPON SUCH PRIOR DATE.
   2.  UPON  PROVIDING  NOTIFICATION  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OR (B) OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING COURT OR VETERANS
 TREATMENT COURT SHALL PROMPTLY GIVE NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT, HIS OR  HER
 COUNSEL AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
   §  5.  The  criminal  procedure law is amended by adding a new section
 230.21 to read as follows:
 § 230.21 REMOVAL OF ACTION TO CERTAIN COURTS IN AN ADJOINING COUNTY.
   1. IN ANY COUNTY OUTSIDE A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION  OR
 MORE,  THE  COURT  MAY, UPON MOTION OF THE DEFENDANT AND WITH CONSENT OF
 THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THE ADJOINING  COUNTY
 THAT HAS A SUPERIOR COURT DESIGNATED A HUMAN TRAFFICKING COURT OR VETER-
 ANS TREATMENT COURT BY THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS, ORDER THAT
 THE  INDICTMENT AND ACTION BE REMOVED FROM THE COURT IN WHICH THE MATTER
 IS PENDING TO SUCH HUMAN TRAFFICKING COURT OR VETERANS TREATMENT  COURT,
 WHEREUPON  SUCH  COURT MAY THEN CONDUCT SUCH ACTION TO JUDGMENT OR OTHER
 FINAL DISPOSITION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO COURT MAY ORDER REMOVAL TO
 A VETERANS TREATMENT COURT OF  A  FAMILY  OFFENSE  CHARGE  DESCRIBED  IN
 SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  530.11  OF  THIS CHAPTER PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION WHERE THE ACCUSED AND THE PERSON ALLEGED TO  BE  THE  VICTIM  OF
 SUCH  OFFENSE  CHARGED  ARE  MEMBERS  OF THE SAME FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD AS
 DEFINED IN SUCH SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 530.11; AND PROVIDED  FURTHER
 THAT  AN  ORDER  OF REMOVAL ISSUED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT TAKE
 EFFECT UNTIL FIVE DAYS AFTER THE DATE THE ORDER IS ISSUED UNLESS,  PRIOR
 TO  SUCH  EFFECTIVE DATE, THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING COURT OR VETERANS TREAT-
 MENT COURT NOTIFIES THE COURT THAT ISSUED THE ORDER THAT:
   (A) IT WILL NOT ACCEPT THE ACTION, IN WHICH EVENT THE ORDER SHALL  NOT
 TAKE EFFECT, OR
   (B)  IT WILL ACCEPT THE ACTION ON A DATE PRIOR TO SUCH EFFECTIVE DATE,
 IN WHICH EVENT THE ORDER SHALL TAKE EFFECT UPON SUCH PRIOR DATE.
   2. UPON PROVIDING NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  (A)  OR  (B)  OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING COURT OR VETERANS
 TREATMENT  COURT SHALL PROMPTLY GIVE NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT, HIS OR HER
 COUNSEL AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF BOTH COUNTIES.
   § 6. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

Albert A. Stirpe

Pamela J. Hunter

David McDonough

Brian Manktelow

2021-A5719 - Details

2021-A5719 - Summary

2021-A5719 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Albert A. Stirpe

Pamela J. Hunter

David McDonough

Brian Manktelow

2021-A5719A (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-A5719A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-A5719A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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