Bill Text: NY S03338 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to requiring certain civil court documents to be provided to parties in their native language and requiring parties to demonstrate their understanding of the nature and effect of such documents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S03338 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S03338-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          3338

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 28, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens. BAILEY, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the New York  city  civil  court  act,  in  relation  to
          requiring  certain  civil court documents to be provided to parties in
          their native language

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

     1    Section  1.  The  New York city civil court act is amended by adding a
     2  new section 2105 to read as follows:
     3    §  2105.  Languages  in  which  certain  court  documents  are  to  be
     4  furnished.  (a)  Court  documents  provided  to  parties including court
     5  orders and any other court documents which include stipulations  direct-
     6  ing  action  to  be taken or forborne by either of such parties shall be
     7  provided to such parties in their native language, provided they are not
     8  fluent in English; and provided, further, that such native  language  is
     9  one  of  the six most prevalent languages, other than English, spoken in
    10  the city of New York.
    11    (b) The person who drafts such a court document in the native language
    12  of a party, pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section,  shall  provide
    13  the  court with a copy of the document in both English and in the native
    14  language, and shall certify under oath that the document in  the  native
    15  language accurately reflects the same document written in English.
    16    (c)  All  parties shall demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the court,
    17  their comprehension of the nature and effect of each such court order or
    18  stipulation.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    20  it shall have become a law.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03612-01-1