Assembly Bill A8591

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires mandatory jail time for repeat violators of orders of protection

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A8591 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3805
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§240 & 252, Dom Rel L; amd §846-a, Fam Ct Act; amd §§530.12 & 530.13, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2580
2011-2012: S2441
2013-2014: S844
2017-2018: S3263
2019-2020: S4711
2021-2022: S5050
2023-2024: S6391

2015-A8591 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires mandatory jail time of no less than thirty days for repeat violators of orders of protection.

2015-A8591 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  8591

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            December 2, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RICHARDSON  -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, the family court act and the
  criminal procedure law, in  relation  to  requiring  mandatory  prison
  sentences for repeat violators of orders of protection

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph h of subdivision 3 of section 240 of the domestic
relations law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013,  is  amended
to read as follows:
  h.  Upon  issuance  of  an  order  of protection or temporary order of
protection or upon a violation of such order, the  court  shall  make  a
determination  regarding  the  suspension and revocation of a license to
carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm or firearms,  ineligibil-
ity  for such a license and the surrender of firearms in accordance with
sections eight hundred forty-two-a and eight hundred forty-six-a of  the
family court act, as applicable. Upon issuance of an order of protection
pursuant  to  this section or upon a finding of a violation thereof, the
court also may direct payment of restitution in an amount not to  exceed
ten thousand dollars in accordance with subdivision (e) of section eight
hundred  forty-one of such act; provided, however, that in no case shall
an order of restitution be issued where the court  determines  that  the
party against whom the order would be issued has already compensated the
injured  party  or  where  such  compensation is incorporated in a final
judgment or settlement of the action.  IF THE PERSON  SO  VIOLATING  THE
ORDER  HAS BEEN FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED SUCH ORDER ON MORE THAN ONE OCCA-
SION, AND THIS VIOLATION CONSISTED OF COMMITTING  A  FAMILY  OFFENSE  AS
DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED TWELVE OF THE FAMILY
COURT ACT OR SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 530.11 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
LAW,  THE COURT SHALL COMMIT SUCH PERSON TO A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT OF NO

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09215-01-5

              

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