Bill Text: NY A10772 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 10772 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the hours of operation for family courts; requires family courts in New York City to remain open until midnight on weekdays.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-09 - referred to judiciary [A10772 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10772-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10772

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      July 9, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. D. Rosen-
          thal) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to the hours of opera-
          tion for family courts

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

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision (a) of section 161 of the family court act is
     2  amended to read as follows:
     3    (a) The days and hours the court is open shall be as provided by  rule
     4  of  court; provided, however, a court in a city with a population of one
     5  million or more shall remain open until midnight on weekdays.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
     7  have become a law.








         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15766-01-0