File #: Int 0765-2000    Version: * Name: Parental Notification By Police Officers
Type: Introduction Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Public Safety
On agenda: 6/13/2000
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York requiring police officers to notify parents or guardians of persons under the age of eighteen and over the age of fifteen when a summons or desk appearance ticket charging a violation or crime has been issued.
Sponsors: Madeline T. Provenzano, Stephen J. Fiala, Lloyd Henry, Guillermo Linares, Kenneth K. Fisher, James S. Oddo, Thomas V. Ognibene, Alphonse Stabile, Sheldon S. Leffler, Victor L. Robles, Walter L. McCaffrey, Stanley E. Michels, Jose Rivera
Council Member Sponsors: 13
Attachments: 1. Committee Report
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2001*Madeline T. Provenzano City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/8/2000*Madeline T. Provenzano Committee on Public Safety Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/8/2000*Madeline T. Provenzano Committee on Public Safety Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/25/2000*Madeline T. Provenzano Committee on Public Safety Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/25/2000*Madeline T. Provenzano Committee on Public Safety Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/13/2000*Madeline T. Provenzano Legislative Documents Unit Printed Item Laid on Desk  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/13/2000*Madeline T. Provenzano City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/13/2000*Madeline T. Provenzano City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
Int. No. 765
By Council Members Provenzano, Fiala, Henry, Linares, Fisher, Oddo, Ognibene, Stabile, Leffler and Robles; also Council Members McCaffrey, Michels and  Rivera.
 
 
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York requiring police officers to notify parents or guardians of persons under the age of eighteen and over the age of fifteen when a summons or desk appearance ticket charging a violation or crime has been issued.
 
 
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one of title 14 of the administrative code of the city of New York by adding a new section 14-130.1 is hereby amended to read as follows:
      ยง 14-130.1 Returns of arrests; accused to be taken before judge of the criminal court; parental notification when a  person under the age of eighteen and over the age of fifteen is issued a summons or desk appearance ticket.
c. When any person under the age of eighteen and over the age of fifteen is issued a summons or desk appearance ticket charging any violation or crime as defined in state or local law, which directs an appearance in a specific court at a specific future date, the police department shall make reasonable inquiry to determine the name, address and phone number of such person's parent or the individual legally responsible for the person's care.  At least fourteen days prior to the designated date of such appearance, the police department shall make reasonable efforts to notify said parent or guardian of the date, time and place of the required court appearance and of the violation or crimes alleged in such summons or desk appearance ticket.  Failure of the police department to notify a parent or guardian shall not make the summons or desk appearance ticket defective.
      Section 2.  This local law shall take effect 90 days after its enactment into law.