S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2832--B
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 25, 2021
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Introduced by Sens. RAMOS, BIAGGI, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the issuance
of temporary orders of protection when an action is pending in a local
criminal court
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new
section 530.15 to read as follows:
§ 530.15 TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION HEARING.
WHERE A COURT HAS ISSUED A TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION PURSUANT TO
SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 530.12 OF THIS ARTICLE OR SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION 530.13 OF THIS ARTICLE, UPON APPLICATION OF A DEFENDANT, THE
COURT SHALL HOLD AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING WHERE THE PROSECUTOR MUST SHOW,
BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE, THAT THE TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION
IS THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE MEANS OF PROTECTING A DESIGNATED WITNESS OR
COMPLAINANT FROM INTIMIDATION OR INJURY.
(A) THE DEFENDANT SHALL BE ENTITLED TO SUCH HEARING WITHIN THREE DAYS
OF REQUESTING SUCH HEARING. NOTICE MUST BE GIVEN BY THE COURT TO BOTH
PARTIES, AS WELL AS THE PARTY PROTECTED BY THE ORDER OF PROTECTION, IN
ADVANCE OF THE HEARING.
(B) AT THE HEARING, THE PROSECUTION MUST PRESENT WITNESS TESTIMONY,
SUBJECT TO CROSS-EXAMINATION, THOUGH THE WITNESS NEED NOT BE THE PARTY
PROTECTED BY THE ORDER. HEARSAY IS ADMISSIBLE.
(C) THE COURT SHALL STATE ON THE RECORD OR IN WRITING ITS FINDINGS OF
FACTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, THE REASONS FOR MAINTAINING, VACATING, OR
MODIFYING THE TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION, AND, WHERE APPLICABLE, WHY
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01735-07-1
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THE TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION IS THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE MEANS OF
PROTECTING A DESIGNATED WITNESS OR COMPLAINANT FROM INTIMIDATION OR
INJURY.
§ 2. Section 530.30 of the criminal procedure law, the section heading
and subdivisions 1 and 2 as amended by section 17 of part JJJ of chapter
59 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
§ 530.30 Order of recognizance, release under non-monetary conditions or
bail OR ISSUANCE OF A TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION; by supe-
rior court judge when action is pending in local criminal
court.
1. When a criminal action is pending in a local criminal court, other
than one consisting of a superior court judge sitting as such, a judge
of a superior court holding a term thereof in the county, upon applica-
tion of a defendant, may order recognizance, release under non-monetary
conditions or, where authorized, bail when such local criminal court:
(a) Lacks authority to issue such an order, pursuant to the relevant
provisions of section 530.20 of this article; or
(b) Has denied an application for recognizance, release under non-mon-
etary conditions or bail; or
(c) Has fixed bail, where authorized, which is excessive; or
(d) Has set a securing order of release under non-monetary conditions
which are more restrictive than necessary to reasonably assure the
defendant's return to court.
In such case, such superior court judge may vacate the order of such
local criminal court and release the defendant on recognizance or under
non-monetary conditions, or where authorized, fix bail in a lesser
amount or in a less burdensome form, whichever are the least restrictive
alternative and conditions that will reasonably assure the defendant's
return to court. The court shall explain its choice of alternative and
conditions on the record or in writing.
2. WHEN A CRIMINAL ACTION IS PENDING IN A LOCAL CRIMINAL COURT, OTHER
THAN ONE CONSISTING OF A SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE SITTING AS SUCH, AND THE
LOCAL CRIMINAL COURT HAS DENIED A REQUEST TO MODIFY OR LIMIT A TEMPORARY
ORDER OF PROTECTION ISSUED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 530.12
OF THIS ARTICLE OR SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 530.13 OF THIS ARTICLE,
UPON APPLICATION OF A DEFENDANT, A JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT HOLDING A
TERM THEREOF IN THE COUNTY SHALL REVIEW THE DETERMINATION OF THE LOCAL
CRIMINAL COURT DE NOVO AND MAY VACATE OR MODIFY THE ORDER OF THE LOCAL
CRIMINAL COURT. A COURT'S FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF
SECTION 530.15 OF THIS ARTICLE IS REVIEWABLE UNDER THIS SECTION.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one OR TWO of this
section, when the defendant is charged with a felony in a local criminal
court, a superior court judge may not order recognizance, release under
non-monetary conditions or, where authorized, bail, OR VACATE OR MODIFY
A TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION unless and until the district attorney
has had an opportunity to be heard in the matter and such judge and
counsel for the defendant have been furnished with a report as described
in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision two of section
530.20 of this article.
[3.] 4. Not more than one application may be made pursuant to EACH
SUBDIVISION OF this section.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.