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Assembly Bill A2726

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides that no person convicted of certain felonies may not file for change of name while incarcerated or under supervised release therefor

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2011-A2726 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1746
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง60, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2917, S2104
2013-2014: A1528, S2248
2015-2016: A4706, S1060
2017-2018: A4461, S234
2019-2020: A4822

2011-A2726 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no person convicted of certain felonies defined under specified laws of this state may file a petition for change of name while such person is incarcerated or under supervised release therefor.

2011-A2726 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2726

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. COLTON, SCHIMMINGER, CLARK -- Multi-Sponsored by
  -- M. of A. MAGEE, SWEENEY -- read once and referred to the  Committee
  on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to prohibiting certain
  felons from changing their names

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Section 60 of the civil rights law, as amended by  chapter
695 of the laws of 1962, is amended to read as follows:
  S 60. Petition for change of name; EXCEPTION.  1. A petition for leave
to  assume  another  name  may be made by a resident of the state to the
county court of the county or the supreme court in the county  in  which
he  OR  SHE  resides,  or, if he OR SHE resides in the city of New York,
either to the supreme court or to any branch of the civil court  of  the
city of New York, in any county of the city of New York. The petition to
change  the  name  of an infant may be made by the infant through his OR
HER next friend, or by either of his OR HER parents, or by  his  OR  HER
general guardian, or by the guardian of his OR HER person.
  2.    NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION
SIXTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, ON AND  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS
SUBDIVISION NO PETITION MAY BE MADE TO CHANGE THE NAME OF ANY PERSON WHO
HAS BEEN CONVICTED (REGARDLESS OF WHEN SUCH CONVICTION WAS ENTERED) OF A
VIOLENT FELONY OFFENSE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 70.02 OF THE PENAL LAW OR A
FELONY  DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF SUCH LAW OR ANY OF
THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF SUCH LAW: SECTION  130.25,  130.30,  130.40,
130.45, 255.25, 255.26, ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE, SECTION 135.10,
230.05,  230.06,  SUBDIVISION  TWO OF SECTION 230.30, OR SECTION 230.32,
AND WHO IS CURRENTLY CONFINED AS AN INMATE IN ANY CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY
OR  CURRENTLY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE STATE DIVISION OF PAROLE OR A
COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT AS A RESULT OF SUCH CONVICTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04232-01-1

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