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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jun 02, 2009 |
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Feb 19, 2009 |
referred to codes |
Assembly Bill A5731
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
HAYES
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Gary Finch
Brian Kolb
multi-Sponsors
Robert Barra
Tony Jordan
Ann Rabbitt
David Townsend
2009-A5731 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A5731 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that where a criminal action is pending in a local criminal court or a superior court, the district attorney upon motion, may seek an order from the Appellate Division of the Department in which the action is pending to fix bail whenever he determines the amount of bail as fixed is inadequate or disproportionate.
2009-A5731 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5731 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 19, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HAYES, FINCH, KOLB -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARRA, RABBITT, TOWNSEND, WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to permitting appeals of bail decisions by the district attorney THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 530.30 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows: 2-A. IN ANY CASE WHERE A CRIMINAL ACTION IS PENDING IN A LOCAL CRIMI- NAL COURT OR A SUPERIOR COURT, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY UPON MOTION TO THE APPELLATE DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT IN WHICH THE ACTION IS PENDING MAY SEEK AN ORDER TO FIX BAIL IN A MORE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT WHENEVER HE DETERMINES THAT THE AMOUNT OF THE BAIL AS FIXED IS UNREASONABLY INADE- QUATE OR UNDULY DISPROPORTIONATE BASED ON ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06833-01-9
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