Assembly Bill A6942

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides a mandatory jail sentence for violations of family and non-family orders of protection and global positioning system monitoring for certain defendants

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A6942 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1611
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§530.12 & 530.13, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9952, S6865
2011-2012: A5261, S4259
2013-2014: A7998, A9340, S2243
2015-2016: A6086, S1994

2017-A6942 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a mandatory jail sentence for violations of family and non-family orders of protection and global positioning system monitoring for certain defendants.

2017-A6942 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6942
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 24, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the criminal procedure law, in relation to orders of
   protection for family and non-family offenses
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1.  Subdivision 11 of section 530.12 of the criminal procedure
 law,  as  amended  by chapter 498 of the laws of 1993, the opening para-
 graph as amended by chapter 597 of the laws of 1998,  paragraph  (a)  as
 amended  by chapter 222 of the laws of 1994 and paragraph (d) as amended
 by chapter 644 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   11. If a defendant is brought before the court for failure to obey any
 lawful order issued under this section, or an order of protection issued
 by a court of competent jurisdiction in another  state,  territorial  or
 tribal  jurisdiction,  and  if, after hearing, the court is satisfied by
 competent proof that the defendant has willfully failed to obey any such
 order, the court [may] SHALL:
   (a) revoke an order of recognizance or revoke  an  order  of  bail  or
 order  forfeiture of such bail and commit the defendant to custody FOR A
 MINIMUM PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS; or
   (b) restore the case to the calendar when there has been  an  adjourn-
 ment  in  contemplation of dismissal and commit the defendant to custody
 FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS; or
   (c) revoke a conditional discharge in accordance with  section  410.70
 of this chapter and impose probation supervision or impose a sentence of
 imprisonment  in  accordance  with  the  penal law based on the original
 conviction FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS; or
   (d) revoke probation in accordance with section 410.70 of this chapter
 and impose a sentence of imprisonment in accordance with the  penal  law
 based on the original conviction FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS. In
 addition,  if  the  act  which constitutes the violation of the order of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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