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Assembly Bill A557

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires all family, supreme and criminal courts to provide translation services to persons protected by or subject to a permanent or temporary order of protection, who have limited English proficiency

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2017-A557 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5051
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §212, Judy L; amd §§240 & 252, Dom Rel L; amd §154-c, add §169, Fam Ct Act; amd §§530.12 & 530.13, CP L

2017-A557 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all family, supreme and criminal courts to provide translation services to persons protected by or subject to a permanent or temporary order of protection, who have limited English proficiency.

2017-A557 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    557
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEINSTEIN,  JOYNER,  CRESPO -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, the domestic relations law, the fami-
   ly court act and the criminal procedure law,  in  relation  to  trans-
   lation 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. Paragraph (t) of subdivision 2 of section 212 of the  judi-
 ciary  law,  as  added by chapter 237 of the laws of 2015, is relettered
 paragraph (u).
   § 2. Paragraph (t) of subdivision 2 of section 212  of  the  judiciary
 law,  as  added  by chapter 367 of the laws of 2015, is relettered para-
 graph (v) and a new paragraph (t) is added to read as follows:
   (T) MAKE AVAILABLE TRANSLATION SERVICES TO  ALL  FAMILY,  SUPREME  AND
 CRIMINAL COURTS TO ASSIST IN THE TRANSLATION OF ORDERS OF PROTECTION AND
 TEMPORARY ORDERS OF PROTECTION, AS PROVIDED IN THIS PARAGRAPH, WHERE THE
 PERSON PROTECTED BY AND/OR THE PERSON SUBJECT TO THE ORDER OF PROTECTION
 HAS LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY OR HAS A LIMITED ABILITY TO READ ENGLISH
 INCLUDING AS A RESULT OF A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT OR OTHER DISABILITY:
   (I)  TRANSLATION  SERVICES  SHALL  BE  MADE  AVAILABLE  TO ALL FAMILY,
 SUPREME AND CRIMINAL COURTS OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN  THE  TEN  MOST
 FREQUENTLY USED LANGUAGES IN THE STATE, AS WELL AS AUDIO TRANSLATION FOR
 PERSONS WITH LIMITED ABILITY TO READ ENGLISH INCLUDING THOSE WITH VISUAL
 IMPAIRMENTS OR OTHER DISABILITIES, AND ANY ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES THAT THE
 CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS DEEMS APPROPRIATE;
   (II) TRANSLATIONS OF FAMILY OFFENSE ORDERS OF PROTECTION AND TEMPORARY
 ORDERS  OF  PROTECTION  UNDER  THIS  PARAGRAPH SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO ANY
 PERSON PROTECTED BY AND ANY PERSON SUBJECT TO THE ORDER,  IF  THEY  HAVE
 LIMITED  ENGLISH  PROFICIENCY  OR HAVE A LIMITED ABILITY TO READ ENGLISH
 INCLUDING AS A RESULT OF A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT OR OTHER DISABILITY;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03049-03-7

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