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Assembly Bill A2921

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes an alternative youth criminal court for the city of Buffalo

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2017-A2921 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Buffalo, City of
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2085
2011-2012: A685
2013-2014: A4494
2015-2016: A2992

2017-A2921 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an alternative youth criminal court for the city of Buffalo.

2017-A2921 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2921
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT relating to the establishment of an  alternative  youth  criminal
   court in the city of Buffalo
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule  or  regu-
 lation  to  the  contrary,  the  city of Buffalo is hereby authorized to
 create a pilot program establishing an alternative youth criminal court.
 Juveniles, age sixteen through eighteen, that would otherwise be  prose-
 cuted  in  city  court for offenses of less than felony grade, committed
 within such city, shall be prosecuted and sentenced in  the  alternative
 youth criminal court.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.  Effective immediate-
 ly,  the office of court administration shall promulgate rules and regu-
 lations necessary for the implementation of this act  on  its  effective
 date.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03451-01-7

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