Bill Text: NY A08023 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to domestic violence-related activity of the New York state office for the prevention of domestic violence; adds a member to the advisory council.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-10-07 - signed chap.204 [A08023 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08023-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8023

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 30, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Operations

        AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to domestic violence-re-
          lated activity of the New York state  office  for  the  prevention  of
          domestic  violence and adding a member to the advisory council; and to
          repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (m) of subdivision 3 of section 575 of the execu-
     2  tive  law,  as  relettered by chapter 339 of the laws of 2011, is relet-
     3  tered paragraph (n) and a new paragraph (m) is added to read as follows:
     4    (m) promoting best practices for abusive partner intervention;
     5    § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 575  of  the  executive
     6  law,  as  amended by chapter 248 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read
     7  as follows:
     8    (b) The advisory council shall consist of nine members  and  [sixteen]
     9  seventeen  ex-officio  members.  Each member shall be appointed to serve
    10  for a term of three years and shall continue in office until a successor
    11  appointed member is made. A member appointed to fill a vacancy shall  be
    12  appointed  for the unexpired term of the member he or she is to succeed.
    13  All of the members shall be individuals with expertise in  the  area  of
    14  domestic violence. Three members shall be appointed by the governor, two
    15  members  shall  be  appointed  upon  the recommendation of the temporary
    16  president of the senate, two members shall be appointed upon the  recom-
    17  mendation  of the speaker of the assembly, one member shall be appointed
    18  upon the recommendation of the minority leader of the  senate,  and  one
    19  member shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the minority leader
    20  of  the  assembly.  The  ex-officio  members of the advisory board shall
    21  consist of the director of the office, who shall chair the council,  and
    22  the following members or their designees: the commissioner of the office
    23  of  temporary and disability assistance; the commissioner of the depart-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09334-03-9

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     1  ment of health;  the  commissioner  of  the  education  department;  the
     2  commissioner  of  the  office  of mental health; the commissioner of the
     3  office of alcoholism and substance abuse services; the  commissioner  of
     4  the  division  of  criminal  justice services; the superintendent of the
     5  division of state police; the director of the office  of  probation  and
     6  correctional  alternatives;  the  commissioner of the office of children
     7  and family services; the director of the office of victim services;  the
     8  chief  administrative  judge  of the office of court administration; the
     9  commissioner of the department of  labor;  the  director  of  the  state
    10  office  for the aging; the commissioner of the department of corrections
    11  and community supervision;  the  commissioner  of  homes  and  community
    12  renewal;  the  chief  executive  officer of the New York state coalition
    13  against domestic violence; and the executive director of  the  New  York
    14  state coalition against sexual assault.
    15    § 3. Section 576 of the executive law is REPEALED.
    16    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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