Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 12, 2020 | referred to children and families |
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
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A10141 (ACTIVE) - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10141 I N A S S E M B L Y March 12, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to eliminating the use of the term incorrigible THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions (a) and (c) of section 712 of the family court act, as amended by section 1 of part K of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows: (a) "Person in need of supervision". A person less than eighteen years of age: (i) who does not attend school in accordance with the provisions of part one of article sixty-five of the education law; (ii) who is [incorrigible,] ungovernable or habitually disobedient and beyond the lawful control of a parent or other person legally responsible for such child's care, or other lawful authority; (iii) who violates the provisions of: (1) section 221.05; or (2) 230.00 of the penal law; (iv) or who appears to be a sexually exploited child as defined in paragraph (a), (c) or (d) of subdivision one of section four hundred forty-seven-a of the social services law, but only if the child consents to the filing of a petition under this article. (c) "Fact-finding hearing". A hearing to determine whether the respondent did the acts alleged to show that he or she violated a law or is [incorrigible,] ungovernable or habitually disobedient and beyond the control of his or her parents, guardian or legal custodian. § 2. Paragraph (i) of subdivision (a) of section 732 of the family court act, as amended by section 9 of part G of chapter 58 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: (i) the respondent is an habitual truant or is [incorrigible,] ungo- vernable[,] or habitually disobedient and beyond the lawful control of his or her parents, guardian or lawful custodian, or has been the victim of sexual exploitation as defined in subdivision one of section four hundred forty-seven-a of the social services law, and specifying the acts on which the allegations are based and the time and place they allegedly occurred. Where habitual truancy is alleged or the petitioner EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets