Authorizes orders of protection to provide for personal security devices; orders the respondent to cover the costs associated with security devices; provides if the payment of such costs is awarded the appropriate social services district shall be contacted and directed to pay the petitioner for such costs upon submission of proof of purchase.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 3, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law and the family court act, in
relation to authorizing order of protection to contain provision for
personal security devices
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 530.12 of the
2 criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 1-a to
3 read as follows:
4 (1-a) to pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home
5 security system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other
6 personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing
7 contained in this subparagraph shall diminish or restrict any other
8 support that may be so ordered. If the court orders fees to be paid
9 pursuant to this subparagraph, the court shall provide a copy of the
10 order to the appropriate support collection unit of the appropriate
11 social services district with direction to require payment directly to
12 the petitioner upon submission of a receipt or proof of purchase of the
13 personal protection or security device;
14 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 530.13 of the criminal procedure law is
15 amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:
16 (a-1) pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home secu-
17 rity system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other
18 personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing
19 contained in this paragraph shall diminish or restrict any other support
20 that may be so ordered. If the court orders fees to be paid pursuant to
21 this paragraph, the court shall provide a copy of the order to the
22 appropriate support collection unit of the appropriate social services
23 district with direction to require payment directly to the petitioner
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 upon submission of a receipt or proof of purchase of the personal
2 protection or security device;
3 § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 530.13 of the criminal procedure law is
4 amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:
5 (a-1) pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home secu-
6 rity system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other
7 personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing
8 contained in this paragraph shall diminish or restrict any other support
9 that may be so ordered. If the court orders fees to be paid pursuant to
10 this paragraph, the court shall provide a copy of the order to the
11 appropriate support collection unit of the appropriate social services
12 district with direction to require payment directly to the petitioner
13 upon submission of a receipt or proof of purchase of the personal
14 protection or security device;
15 § 4. Section 446 of the family court act is amended by adding a new
16 subdivision (g-1) to read as follows:
17 (g-1) to pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home
18 security system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other
19 personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing
20 contained in this subdivision shall diminish or restrict any other
21 support that may be so ordered. If the court orders fees to be paid
22 pursuant to this subdivision, the court shall provide a copy of the
23 order to the appropriate support collection unit of the appropriate
24 social services district with direction to require payment directly to
25 the petitioner upon submission of a receipt or proof of purchase of the
26 personal protection or security device;
27 § 5. Section 656 of the family court act is amended by adding a new
28 subdivision (h-1) to read as follows:
29 (h-1) to pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home
30 security system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other
31 personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing
32 contained in this subdivision shall diminish or restrict any other
33 support that may be so ordered. If the court orders fees to be paid
34 pursuant to this subdivision, the court shall provide a copy of the
35 order to the appropriate support collection unit of the appropriate
36 social services district with direction to require payment directly to
37 the petitioner upon submission of a receipt or proof of purchase of the
38 personal protection or security device;
39 § 6. Section 842 of the family court act is amended by adding a new
40 subdivision (h-1) to read as follows:
41 (h-1) to pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home
42 security system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other
43 personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing
44 contained in this subdivision shall diminish or restrict any other
45 support that may be so ordered. If the court orders fees to be paid
46 pursuant to this subdivision, the court shall provide a copy of the
47 order to the appropriate support collection unit of the appropriate
48 social services district with direction to require payment directly to
49 the petitioner upon submission of a receipt or proof of purchase of the
50 personal protection or security device;
51 § 7. Subdivision 1 of section 1056 of the family court act is amended
52 by adding a new paragraph (f-1) to read as follows:
53 (f-1) to pay the fees involved in obtaining and maintaining a home
54 security system, a personal alarm, a cellular telephone or any other
55 personal protection or security device, provided however that nothing
56 contained in this paragraph shall diminish or restrict any other support
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1 that may be so ordered. If the court orders fees to be paid pursuant to
2 this paragraph, the court shall provide a copy of the order to the
3 appropriate support collection unit of the appropriate social services
4 district with direction to require payment directly to the petitioner
5 upon submission of a receipt or proof of purchase of the personal
6 protection or security device;
7 § 8. This act shall take effect immediately.
