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May 11, 2010 |
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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Mar 25, 2009 |
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Assembly Bill A7139
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
TOWNSEND
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
Nancy Calhoun
Gary Finch
Brian Kolb
multi-Sponsors
Greg Ball
William A. Barclay
Daniel Burling
Tony Jordan
2009-A7139 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A7139 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7139 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 25, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TOWNSEND, CALHOUN, FINCH, KOLB -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BALL, BARCLAY, BURLING, JORDAN, McKEVITT, MOLINARO, OAKS, QUINN, TOBACCO, WALKER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to orders of bail or recognizance THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 530.20 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 531 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as follows: (a) A city court, a town court or a village court may not order recognizance or bail when (i) the defendant is charged with a class A felony, or (ii) it appears that the defendant has two previous felony convictions, OR (III) IT APPEARS THAT THE DEFENDANT POSES A RISK OF DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY; S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 530.30 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 762 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one, when the defendant is charged with a felony in a local criminal court, a superior court judge may not order recognizance or bail unless and until the district attorney has had an opportunity to be heard in the matter and such judge has been furnished with a report as described in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision two of section 530.20, AND IT APPEARS THAT THE DEFENDANT POSES NO RISK OF DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY. S 3. Section 530.40 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 5. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO, A SUPE- RIOR COURT MAY NOT ORDER RECOGNIZANCE OR BAIL WHEN THE DEFENDANT POSES A RISK OF DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09340-01-9
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