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Senate Bill S8060

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the hours of operation for family courts

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2019-S8060 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10772
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §161, Fam Ct Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3683, A739
2023-2024: S2355, A1785, A8225
2025-2026: S3170

2019-S8060 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the hours of operation for family courts; requires family courts in New York City to remain open until midnight on weekdays.

2019-S8060 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8060 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8060
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 16, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to the hours of opera-
   tion for family courts
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision (a) of section 161 of the family court act is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) The days and hours the court is open shall be as provided by  rule
 of  court; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, A COURT IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE
 MILLION OR MORE SHALL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT ON WEEKDAYS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15766-01-0

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