Bill Text: NY A00867 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 867 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Authorizes family court judges to transfer certain child support arrears matters to the criminal courts; amends the jurisdiction of the criminal courts.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to judiciary [A00867 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           867
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 11, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. SIMOTAS, O'DONNELL, BENEDETTO, ZEBROWSKI, GALEF,
          BRONSON, GUNTHER, WEPRIN, MALLIOTAKIS -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of
          A.  ABBATE, COLTON, CROUCH, MONTESANO -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Judiciary
        AN ACT to amend the family court act and the criminal procedure law,  in
          relation to parental failure to pay child support
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 454 of the  family  court  act  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (j) to read as follows:
     3    (j)  the  court may refer the proceeding to a criminal court of compe-
     4  tent jurisdiction if, (i) an  arrest  warrant  has  been  issued  for  a
     5  violation  of  any  provision of this act related to child support or of
     6  section 215.50, 215.51, 215.52, 260.05 or 260.06 of the penal law,  (ii)
     7  no  arrest  has been made, (iii) one year has elapsed since the issuance
     8  of such arrest warrant, and (iv) the support arrears has not been paid.
     9    § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 10.20 of the criminal procedure  law  is
    10  amended to read as follows:
    11    1. Superior courts have trial jurisdiction of all offenses. They have:
    12    (a) Exclusive trial jurisdiction of felonies; and
    13    (b)  Trial  jurisdiction  of  misdemeanors concurrent with that of the
    14  local criminal courts; and
    15    (c) Trial jurisdiction of  petty  offenses,  but  only  when  such  an
    16  offense is charged in an indictment which also charges a crime; and
    17    (d)  Jurisdiction over such child support enforcement matters referred
    18  to the local criminal court by a family court judge pursuant to subdivi-
    19  sion two of section four hundred fifty-four of the family court act.
    20    § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 10.30 of the criminal procedure  law  is
    21  amended to read as follows:
    22    1.    Local  criminal  courts  have trial jurisdiction of all offenses
    23  other than felonies.  They have:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01491-01-9

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     1    (a)  Exclusive trial jurisdiction of petty  offenses  except  for  the
     2  superior  court  jurisdiction  thereof  prescribed  in  paragraph (c) of
     3  subdivision one of section 10.20 of this article; [and]
     4    (b)    Trial  jurisdiction of misdemeanors concurrent with that of the
     5  superior courts but subject to divestiture thereof by the latter in  any
     6  particular case; and
     7    (c)  Jurisdiction over such child support enforcement matters referred
     8  to the local criminal court by a family court judge pursuant to subdivi-
     9  sion two of section four hundred fifty-four of the family court act.
    10    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.