Assembly Bill A240A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the compensation an attorney shall be entitled to for client representation through the bar association

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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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2023-A240 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
County Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§722-b & 722-e, County L; amd §35, Judy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8236
2021-2022: A6013

2023-A240 - Summary

Provides the amount of compensation an attorney shall receive from representing a client which was assigned to the attorney through the bar association; increases such amount from seventy-five dollars to one hundred sixty-four dollars per hour; makes related provisions.

2023-A240 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    240
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI, LUNSFORD, THIELE, STERN, COLTON,
   EPSTEIN,  SIMON,  LAVINE,  McMAHON,  STECK,  JACKSON,  SAYEGH,  CLARK,
   STIRPE,  TAPIA, GUNTHER, DINOWITZ, CRUZ, MEEKS, BRONSON, DAVILA, COOK,
   HEVESI, WALKER, JEAN-PIERRE,  JONES,  EICHENSTEIN,  BARRETT,  LUPARDO,
   KELLES,  SILLITTI  --  read once and referred to the Committee on Ways
   and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the county law and the judiciary  law,  in  relation  to
   entitled compensation for client representation
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 722-b of the county law, as amended by section 2 of
 part J of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   § 722-b. Compensation and reimbursement  for  representation.  1.  All
 counsel assigned in accordance with a plan of a bar association conform-
 ing  to  the  requirements  of  section seven hundred twenty-two of this
 article whereby the services of private counsel are rotated and  coordi-
 nated  by an administrator shall at the conclusion of the representation
 receive:
   (a) for representation of a person entitled to representation  by  law
 who  is  initially  charged  with a misdemeanor or lesser offense and no
 felony, compensation for such misdemeanor or  lesser  offense  represen-
 tation at a rate of [sixty] ONE HUNDRED TWENTY dollars per hour for time
 expended  in court or before a magistrate, judge or justice, and [sixty]
 ONE HUNDRED TWENTY dollars per hour for time reasonably expended out  of
 court, and shall receive reimbursement for expenses reasonably incurred;
 and
   (b) for representation of a person in all other cases governed by this
 article,  including  all  representation  in an appellate court, compen-
 sation at a rate of [seventy-five] ONE HUNDRED FIFTY  dollars  per  hour
 for  time  expended  in  court before a magistrate, judge or justice and

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

co-Sponsors

2023-A240A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
County Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§722-b & 722-e, County L; amd §35, Judy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8236
2021-2022: A6013

2023-A240A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides the amount of compensation an attorney shall receive from representing a client which was assigned to the attorney through the bar association; increases such amount from seventy-five dollars to one hundred sixty-four dollars per hour; makes related provisions.

2023-A240A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  240--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI, LUNSFORD, THIELE, STERN, COLTON,
   EPSTEIN,  SIMON,  LAVINE,  McMAHON,  STECK,  JACKSON,  SAYEGH,  CLARK,
   STIRPE,  TAPIA, GUNTHER, DINOWITZ, CRUZ, MEEKS, BRONSON, DAVILA, COOK,
   HEVESI, WALKER, JEAN-PIERRE, JONES, BARRETT, LUPARDO, KELLES,  SILLIT-
   TI,  LEVENBERG  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and
   Means -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the county law and the judiciary law, in relation to
   entitled compensation for client representation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 722-b of the county law, as amended by section 2 of
 part J of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   §  722-b.  Compensation  and  reimbursement for representation. 1. All
 counsel assigned in accordance with a plan of a bar association conform-
 ing to the requirements of section  seven  hundred  twenty-two  of  this
 article  whereby the services of private counsel are rotated and coordi-
 nated by an administrator shall at the conclusion of the  representation
 receive[:
   (a)  for  representation of a person entitled to representation by law
 who is initially charged with a misdemeanor or  lesser  offense  and  no
 felony,  compensation  for  such misdemeanor or lesser offense represen-
 tation at a rate of sixty dollars per hour for time expended in court or
 before a magistrate, judge or justice, and sixty dollars  per  hour  for
 time  reasonably  expended out of court, and shall receive reimbursement
 for expenses reasonably incurred; and
   (b)] for representation of a person in all [other] cases  governed  by
 this  article,  including  all  representation  in  an  appellate court,
 compensation at a rate of [seventy-five] ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR  dollars
 per  hour  for  time  expended  in  court  before a magistrate, judge or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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