A08801 Summary:

BILL NOA08801
 
SAME ASSAME AS S00733
 
SPONSORBichotte
 
COSPNSRBlake
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §§120.90, 140.20 & 150.20, CP L; amd §447-a, Soc Serv L
 
Relates to the issuance of arrest warrants and appearance tickets upon a youth; provides for the police officer to immediately notify the parent or other person legally responsible for the care of such youth with whom the youth is domiciled that the youth has been arrested; provides further that the police officer need not notify the parent or other person legally responsible when such youth is not also a juvenile offender and the notification would endanger the health and safety of such youth; amends provisions relating to sexually exploited children to include persons under the age of nineteen.
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A08801 Actions:

BILL NOA08801
 
11/25/2019referred to codes
01/08/2020referred to codes
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A08801 Committee Votes:

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A08801 Floor Votes:

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A08801 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8801
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    November 25, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Codes
 
        AN  ACT to amend the criminal procedure law and the social services law,
          in relation to ensuring that parents and guardians of youth up to  age
          19  are  notified when their child is arrested or issued an appearance
          ticket

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  This  act  shall be known and may be cited as the "family
     2  notification and protection act".
     3    § 2. Subdivision 7 of section 120.90 of the criminal procedure law, as
     4  amended by section 16 of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017,  is
     5  amended to read as follows:
     6    7.  (a)  Upon arresting a juvenile offender [or], adolescent offender,
     7  or youth as defined  in  subdivision  one  of  section  720.10  of  this
     8  chapter, the police officer shall immediately notify the parent or other
     9  person  legally  responsible for his or her care or the person with whom
    10  he or she is domiciled, that the juvenile offender, or adolescent offen-
    11  der, or youth has been arrested, and the location of the facility  where
    12  he  or  she is being detained, provided that the police officer need not
    13  notify the parent or other person legally responsible for  such  youth's
    14  care  or  the person with whom he or she is domiciled when such youth is
    15  not also a juvenile offender and the notification of a parent  or  other
    16  person would endanger the health or safety of such youth.
    17    (b)(i)  After  making  every  reasonable  effort to give notice to the
    18  parent, or other person legally responsible for his or her care  or  the
    19  person  with  whom  he  or she is domiciled, the officer shall issue and
    20  serve an appearance ticket upon the arrested person and release  him  or
    21  her  to  the custody of an adult family member or an unrelated adult age
    22  twenty-five or over; or
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03440-01-9

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     1    (ii) After making every reasonable effort to locate  an  adult  family
     2  member or an unrelated adult age twenty-five or over, if there is no one
     3  to  whom  the officer can release the arrested person, the officer shall
     4  release the arrested person upon issuance of an  appearance  ticket  and
     5  provide the arrested person with a ride in an official police vehicle to
     6  his  or  her  place of residence, at the request of the arrested person,
     7  without unnecessary delay. The officer must inform the youth that he  or
     8  she may request a ride home; or
     9    (iii)  If  the  arrested  person  is less than nineteen years old, the
    10  officer may take the youth, if it appears that such youth is a  sexually
    11  exploited child as defined in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of subdivi-
    12  sion  one  of  section four hundred forty-seven-a of the social services
    13  law, to an available short-term  safe  house,  but  only  if  the  youth
    14  consents to be taken.
    15    §  3. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 6 of section 140.20 of the criminal proce-
    16  dure law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 549 of the laws  of  1987,
    17  paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 324 of the
    18  laws  of  1988,  paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 as separately amended by
    19  chapter 382 of the laws of 1987,  paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision  1  as
    20  amended  and  paragraph (e) as added by chapter 492 of the laws of 2016,
    21  subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 550 of the laws of 1987 and subdivi-
    22  sion 6 as amended by section 20 of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of
    23  2017, are amended to read as follows:
    24    1. Upon arresting a person without a warrant, a police officer,  after
    25  performing  without  unnecessary delay all recording, fingerprinting and
    26  other preliminary police duties required in the  particular  case,  must
    27  except  as otherwise provided in this section, without unnecessary delay
    28  bring the arrested person or cause him to  be  brought  before  a  local
    29  criminal  court  and file therewith an appropriate accusatory instrument
    30  charging him with the offense or  offenses  in  question.  The  arrested
    31  person must be brought to the particular local criminal court, or to one
    32  of  them if there be more than one, designated in section 100.55 of this
    33  title as an appropriate court for commencement of the particular action;
    34  except that:
    35    (a) If the arrest is for an offense other than a class A, B,  C  or  D
    36  felony  or a violation of section 130.25, 130.40, 205.10, 205.17, 205.19
    37  or 215.56 of the penal law committed in a town, but  not  in  a  village
    38  thereof  having  a village court, and the town court of such town is not
    39  available at the time, the arrested person may  be  brought  before  the
    40  local  criminal  court of any village within such town or, any adjoining
    41  town, village embraced in whole or in part by such  adjoining  town,  or
    42  city of the same county; and
    43    (b)  If  the  arrest is for an offense other than a class A, B, C or D
    44  felony or a violation of section 130.25, 130.40, 205.10, 205.17,  205.19
    45  or 215.56 of the penal law committed in a village having a village court
    46  and  such court is not available at the time, the arrested person may be
    47  brought before the town court of the town embracing such village or  any
    48  other  village court within such town, or, if such town or village court
    49  is not available either, before the local criminal court of any  adjoin-
    50  ing  town,  village embraced in whole or in part by such adjoining town,
    51  or city of the same county; and
    52    (c) If the arrest is for an offense committed in a city, and the  city
    53  court  thereof  is not available at the time, the arrested person may be
    54  brought before the  local  criminal  court  of  any  adjoining  town  or
    55  village, or village court embraced by an adjoining town, within the same
    56  county as such city; and

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     1    (d)  If  the  arrest  is for a traffic infraction or for a misdemeanor
     2  relating to traffic, the police officer may,  instead  of  bringing  the
     3  arrested  person before the local criminal court of the political subdi-
     4  vision or locality in which the offense was allegedly  committed,  bring
     5  him  or  her  before the local criminal court of the same county nearest
     6  available by highway travel to the point of arrest; and
     7    (e) If the arrested person is at least sixteen years old and less than
     8  nineteen years old, and if the arrest is for a non-violent class  B,  C,
     9  or  D  felony (except 125.12, 263.05, 263.10, 263.15, 263.30, or 470.23)
    10  or a violation of section 130.25,  130.40,  205.10,  205.17,  205.19  or
    11  215.56 of the penal law, and the local criminal court is not available:
    12    (i)  the  officer  shall release the arrested person to the custody of
    13  his or her parents, or other person legally responsible for his  or  her
    14  care,  or  the person with whom he or she is domiciled upon the issuance
    15  of an appearance ticket provided that the officer need  not  notify  the
    16  parent  or  other  person  legally responsible for the arrested person's
    17  care or the person with whom he or she is domiciled when  the  notifica-
    18  tion  of a parent or other person would endanger the health or safety of
    19  the arrested person; or
    20    (ii) after making every  reasonable  effort  to  give  notice  to  the
    21  parent,  or  other person legally responsible for his or her care or the
    22  person with whom he or she is domiciled, the  officer  shall  issue  and
    23  serve  an  appearance ticket upon the arrested person and release him or
    24  her to the custody of an adult family member or an unrelated  adult  age
    25  twenty-five or over; or
    26    (iii)  after  making every reasonable effort to locate an adult family
    27  member or an unrelated adult age twenty-five or over, if there is no one
    28  to whom the officer can release the arrested person, the  officer  shall
    29  release  the  arrested  person upon issuance of an appearance ticket and
    30  provide the arrested person with a ride in an official police vehicle to
    31  his or her place of residence, at the request of  the  arrested  person,
    32  without  unnecessary delay. The officer must inform the youth that he or
    33  she may request a ride home; and
    34    (f) If the arrested person is less than nineteen years old, the  offi-
    35  cer  may  take  the  youth,  if it appears that such youth is a sexually
    36  exploited child as defined in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of subdivi-
    37  sion one of section four hundred forty-seven-a of  the  social  services
    38  law,  to  an  available  short-term  safe  house,  but only if the youth
    39  consents to be taken; and
    40    (g) If the arrested person is at least sixteen years old and less than
    41  nineteen years old and if the arrest is for  an  offense  other  than  a
    42  class  A,  B,  C  or  D felony or a violation of section 130.25, 130.40,
    43  205.10, 205.17, 205.19 or 215.56 of the penal  law,  the  officer  shall
    44  issue  and serve an appearance ticket, as prescribed in subdivision four
    45  of section 150.20 and release him or her from custody, as prescribed  in
    46  paragraph (e) of this subdivision; and
    47    [(e)] (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, where a
    48  local criminal court in the county in which the defendant is arrested is
    49  operating  an  off-hours  arraignment part designated in accordance with
    50  paragraph (w) of subdivision one of section two hundred  twelve  of  the
    51  judiciary law at the time of defendant's arrest, the arrested person may
    52  be brought before such local criminal court.
    53    2.  If  the  arrest  is for an offense other than a class A, B, C or D
    54  felony or a violation of section 130.25, 130.40, 205.10, 205.17,  205.19
    55  or  215.56  of  the  penal  law, the arrested person need not be brought

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     1  before a local criminal court as provided in  subdivision  one  of  this
     2  section, and the procedure may instead be as follows:
     3    (a) A police officer may issue and serve an appearance ticket upon the
     4  arrested  person and release him from custody, as prescribed in subdivi-
     5  sion two of section 150.20 of this title; or
     6    (b) The desk officer in charge at a police  station,  county  jail  or
     7  police headquarters, or any of his superior officers, may, in such place
     8  fix  pre-arraignment  bail and, upon deposit thereof, issue and serve an
     9  appearance ticket upon the arrested person and release him from custody,
    10  as prescribed in section 150.30 of this title.
    11    If the arrested person is older than sixteen years old but  less  than
    12  nineteen years old, the officer shall follow the procedure as prescribed
    13  in paragraph (h) of subdivision one of this section.
    14    6.  Upon  arresting  a  juvenile  offender  [or],  a person sixteen or
    15  commencing October first, two thousand nineteen, seventeen years of age,
    16  or youth as defined in subdivision one of section 720.10 of this chapter
    17  without a warrant, the  police  officer  shall  immediately  notify  the
    18  parent  or  other  person legally responsible for his or her care or the
    19  person with whom he or she is domiciled, that such  offender  or  person
    20  has  been  arrested, and the location of the facility where he or she is
    21  being detained, provided that the police officer  need  not  notify  the
    22  parent  or other person legally responsible for such youth's care or the
    23  person with whom he or she is domiciled when such youth is  not  also  a
    24  juvenile offender and the notification of a parent or other person would
    25  endanger  the health or safety of such youth, however the police officer
    26  must make every reasonable effort to contact an adult family  member  or
    27  an  unrelated  adult  over the age of twenty-five as prescribed in para-
    28  graph (f) of subdivision one of this section.  If the officer determines
    29  that it is necessary to question a juvenile  offender,  youth,  or  such
    30  person, the officer must take him or her to a facility designated by the
    31  chief  administrator of the courts as a suitable place for the question-
    32  ing of children or, upon the consent of a parent or other person legally
    33  responsible for the care of the juvenile or such person, to his  or  her
    34  residence and there question him or her for a reasonable period of time.
    35  A  juvenile  or  such  person  shall  not be questioned pursuant to this
    36  section unless he or she and a person required to be  notified  pursuant
    37  to this subdivision, if present, have been advised:
    38    (a)  of  the  juvenile  offender's,  youth,  or such person's right to
    39  remain silent;
    40    (b) that the statements made by him or her may be used in a  court  of
    41  law;
    42    (c)  of his or her right to have an attorney present at such question-
    43  ing; and
    44    (d) of his or her right to have an attorney provided for  him  or  her
    45  without charge if he or she is unable to afford counsel.
    46    In  determining  the  suitability  of  questioning and determining the
    47  reasonable period of time for  questioning  such  a  juvenile  offender,
    48  youth,  or person, his or her age, the presence or absence of his or her
    49  parents or other persons legally responsible for his  or  her  care  and
    50  notification  pursuant to this subdivision shall be included among rele-
    51  vant considerations.
    52    § 4. Section 150.20 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding
    53  a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
    54    4. Upon issuing to and serving an  appearance  ticket  as  defined  in
    55  subdivision  one  of  section  150.10  of  this  article upon a youth as
    56  defined in subdivision one of section 720.10 of this chapter, the police

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     1  officer shall notify the parent or other person legally responsible  for
     2  his  or  her care or the person with whom he or she is domiciled or some
     3  other adult as provided for in  paragraph  (f)  of  subdivision  one  of
     4  section  140.20 of this chapter, that such youth has been served with an
     5  appearance ticket, the time set forth in such appearance ticket for  the
     6  youth's  appearance  before a criminal court and the offense of which he
     7  or she is charged, provided that the police officer need not notify  the
     8  parent  or other person legally responsible for such youth's care or the
     9  person with whom he or she is domiciled when such youth is  not  also  a
    10  juvenile offender and the notification of a parent or other person would
    11  endanger the health or safety of such youth.
    12    § 5. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 447-a of the social services law,
    13  subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 189 of the laws of 2018, subdivision
    14  2  as  amended by section 8 of part M of chapter 56 of the laws of 2017,
    15  are amended to read as follows:
    16    1. The term "sexually exploited child" means any person under the  age
    17  of  [eighteen]  nineteen  who  has  been  subject to sexual exploitation
    18  because he or she:
    19    (a) is the victim of the  crime  of  sex  trafficking  as  defined  in
    20  section  230.34  of  the  penal law or the crime of sex trafficking of a
    21  child as defined in section 230.34-a of the penal law;
    22    (b) engages in any act as defined in section 230.00 of the penal law;
    23    (c) is a victim of the crime of compelling prostitution as defined  in
    24  section 230.33 of the penal law;
    25    (d)  engages  in  acts  or  conduct  described  in article two hundred
    26  sixty-three or section 240.37 of the penal law.
    27    2. The term "short-term safe house" means a residential facility oper-
    28  ated by an authorized agency as defined in subdivision  ten  of  section
    29  three hundred seventy-one of this article including a residential facil-
    30  ity  operating  as  part of a runaway and homeless youth crisis services
    31  program as defined in subdivision four of section five  hundred  thirty-
    32  two-a of the executive law or a not-for-profit agency with experience in
    33  providing  services  to sexually exploited youth and approved in accord-
    34  ance with the regulations of the office of children and family  services
    35  that provides emergency shelter, services and care to sexually exploited
    36  children including food, shelter, clothing, medical care, counseling and
    37  appropriate crisis intervention services at the time they are taken into
    38  custody  by law enforcement and for the duration of any legal proceeding
    39  or proceedings in which they are either the complaining witness  or  the
    40  subject  child. The short-term safe house shall also be available at the
    41  point in time that a child under the  age  of  [eighteen]  nineteen  has
    42  first  come  into  the  custody  of  juvenile  detention  officials, law
    43  enforcement, local jails or the local commissioner of social services or
    44  is residing with the local runaway and homeless youth authority.
    45    § 6. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    46  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
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