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NY A09686
Bill
Status
6/1/2016
Primary Sponsor
Harry Bronson
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AI Summary
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Extends the expiration date for referees' authority to determine applications for orders of protection during family court hours from September 1, 2016 to September 1, 2018.
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Extends the judicial hearing officer pilot program in the seventh and eighth judicial districts from 14 years to 16 years after its effective date.
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Grants the chief administrator of the courts authority to allow referees to handle orders of protection and temporary orders of protection applications in specified cases.
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Makes changes to chapter 363 of the laws of 2010 and chapter 219 of the laws of 2002 relating to judiciary law provisions.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Extends the chief administrator of the courts' authority to allow referees to determine certain applications to a family court for an order of protection; extends for two more years, the judicial hearing officer pilot program in the family courts of the seventh and eighth judicial districts for ordering a reference to determine an application for an order of protection or temporary order of protection in certain cases.
Last Action
signed chap.48
6/1/2016