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Assembly Bill A1809
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
TENNEY
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
Stephen Hawley
Brian Kolb
Philip Palmesano
multi-Sponsors
Clifford Crouch
2013-A1809 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A1809 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1809 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TENNEY, FINCH, HAWLEY, KOLB -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee 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. LBD02938-01-3
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