Bill Text: NY A06630 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6630 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires a parent or other person legally responsible for a minor and the law guardian appointed pursuant to law to be present during questioning by a peace or police officer.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to children and families [A06630 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A06630-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6630
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 12, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Children and Families
       AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to  questioning  of  a
         minor by peace or police officers
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 305.2 of the family court act,  as
    2  added by chapter 920 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:
    3    3. If an officer takes such child into custody or if a child is deliv-
    4  ered  to  him  OR  HER  under section 305.1, he OR SHE shall immediately
    5  notify THE FOLLOWING PERSONS THAT THE CHILD HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY:
    6  (A) the parent, or other person  legally  responsible  for  the  child's
    7  care,  or  if  such legally responsible person is unavailable the person
    8  with whom the child resides, [that the child has been taken into  custo-
    9  dy]  AND (B) IF KNOWN BY THE OFFICER, THE LAW GUARDIAN FOR THE CHILD, IF
   10  ONE  HAS  PREVIOUSLY  BEEN  APPOINTED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION TWO HUNDRED
   11  FORTY-NINE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   13  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01767-01-3