Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Sep 13, 2019 |
signed chap.310 delivered to governor |
Jun 20, 2019 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.604 substituted for a7939 |
Jun 20, 2019 |
substituted by s6475 |
Jun 19, 2019 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.604 rules report cal.604 reported |
Jun 11, 2019 |
reported referred to rules |
Jun 04, 2019 |
reported referred to codes |
May 29, 2019 |
referred to children and families |
Assembly Bill A7939
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
JAFFEE
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S6475 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2019-A7939 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S6475
- Law Section:
- Family Court Act
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§308.1 & 320.6, Fam Ct Act
2019-A7939 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7939 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- (at request of the Office of Court Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to adjustment of juve- nile delinquency cases by local departments of probation in the family court THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 8 and 9 of section 308.1 of the family court act, subdivision 8 as amended by chapter 398 of the laws of 1983 and subdivision 9 as added by chapter 920 of the laws of 1982, are amended to read as follows: 8. The probation service [may not prevent any person who wishes to request that a petition be filed from having access to the appropriate presentment agency for that purpose] SHALL CONSIDER THE VIEWS OF THE COMPLAINANT AND THE IMPACT OF THE ALLEGED ACT OR ACTS OF JUVENILE DELIN- QUENCY UPON THE COMPLAINANT AND UPON THE COMMUNITY IN DETERMINING WHETH- ER ADJUSTMENT UNDER THIS SECTION WOULD BE SUITABLE. 9. Efforts at adjustment pursuant to rules of court under this section may not extend for a period of more than [two] THREE months without leave of the court, which may extend the period for an additional two months. § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 320.6 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 926 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows: 2. At the initial appearance OR AT ANY SUBSEQUENT APPEARANCE, the court may[, with the consent of the victim or complainant and the respondent,] refer a case to the probation service for adjustment services. THE PROBATION SERVICE SHALL CONSIDER THE VIEWS OF THE COMPLAINANT AND THE IMPACT OF THE ALLEGED ACT OR ACTS OF JUVENILE DELIN- QUENCY UPON THE COMPLAINANT AND UPON THE COMMUNITY IN DETERMINING WHETH- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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