Bill Text: NY S04924 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Enacts the "Lydia Peikon Cotz act"; provides domestic violence victims and crime victims with supervision while taking depositions; directs the court to provide a secure location within the courthouse, and a court officer, for such persons taking depositions.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S04924 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S04924-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          4924
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 29, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by Sens. PARKER, FUNKE -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
        AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to provid-
          ing  domestic violence victims or crime victims with supervision while
          taking depositions
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Short title.  This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  the "Lydia Peikon Cotz act".
     3    § 2. Section 3104 of the civil practice law and rules  is  amended  by
     4  adding a new subdivision (f) to read as follows:
     5    (f)  Whenever  a  party  is protected by an order of protection issued
     6  under section eight hundred forty-two of  the  family  court  act  or  a
     7  protective  order  issued under subdivision one of section 530.12 of the
     8  criminal procedure law, upon application,  the  court  shall  provide  a
     9  secure  location  within the courthouse, and a court officer, for taking
    10  the deposition of either the party or the opposing party.
    11    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10481-01-9
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