Assembly Bill A6459

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits the court from cancelling or suspending a license for failure to pay surcharges or fees

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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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2019-A6459 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §60.30, Pen L

2019-A6459 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the court from cancelling or suspending a license for failure to pay surcharges or fees.

2019-A6459 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6459
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting the use of  an
   inmate's fund to pay unpaid fees and surcharges
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 60.30 of the penal law, as added by chapter 791  of
 the laws of 1967, is amended to read as follows:
 § 60.30 Civil penalties.
   1.  This article does not deprive the court of any authority conferred
 by law to  decree  a  forfeiture  of  property,  [suspend  or  cancel  a
 license,] remove a person from office, or impose any other civil penalty
 and  any  appropriate order exercising such authority may be included as
 part of the judgment of conviction.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS  SECTION,
 THE  COURT  MAY NOT SUSPEND OR CANCEL A LICENSE FOR THE FAILURE TO PAY A
 MANDATORY SURCHARGE OR FEE IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10022-01-9

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