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Jan 04, 2012 |
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Jun 15, 2011 |
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Assembly Bill A8409
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
KAVANAGH
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
multi-Sponsors
Marc Butler
Nancy Calhoun
Gary Finch
Richard Gottfried
2011-A8409 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A8409 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8409 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y June 15, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BUTLER, CALHOUN, FINCH, GOTTFRIED, ORTIZ, REILLY, SCARBOROUGH, SWEENEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to authorizing defendants to make electronic appearances in pending criminal actions THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 182.20 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 332 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in section 182.30 of this article, the court, in its discretion, may dispense with the personal appearance of the defendant, except an appearance at a hearing or trial, and conduct an electronic appearance in connection with a criminal action pending in [Albany, Bronx, Broome, Erie, Kings, New York, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, St. Lawrence, Tompkins, Chautauqua, Cattarau- gus, Clinton, Essex, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Warren, Westchester, Suffolk, Herkimer or Franklin county,] THIS STATE UPON WRITTEN APPLICA- TION OF A COUNTY TO THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS, EXCEPT THAT ANY COUNTY WITH PREVIOUS AUTHORIZATION BY LAW NEED NOT REAPPLY, AND provided that the chief administrator of the courts has authorized the use of electronic appearance and the defendant, after consultation with counsel, consents on the record. Such consent shall be required at the commencement of each electronic appearance to such electronic appear- ance. S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law, provided, however, that the amendment to subdivision 1 of section 182.20 of the criminal procedure law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11948-01-1
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