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                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 25, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. NOJAY, CROUCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         ARROYO -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on  Children  and
         Families
       AN  ACT  to amend the family court act, in relation to investigations of
         abused or neglected children
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 1034 of
    2  the family court act, as amended by chapter 329 of the laws of 2009,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    A  family  court  judge  may order the child protective service of the
    5  appropriate social services  district  to  conduct  a  child  protective
    6  investigation as described by the social services law and report, WITHIN
    7  FOURTEEN  DAYS  OF SUCH ORDER OR REQUEST, UNLESS JUST CAUSE CAN BE SHOWN
    8  TO EXTEND THE TIME TO TWENTY-ONE DAYS, its findings to the court:
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06112-01-3