Assembly Bill A5288

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Permits the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Orleans

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Current Bill Status Via S1268 - Signed by Governor

  • 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-A5288 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1268
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §182.20, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S9510

2023-A5288 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Orleans.

2023-A5288 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5288
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to permitting
   the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Orleans
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 182.20 of the criminal procedure
 law, as separately amended by chapters 242, 246, 252, 254, 321, and  351
 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law and except as provided
 in section 182.30 of this article, the court,  in  its  discretion,  may
 dispense  with  the  personal  appearance  of  the  defendant, except an
 appearance at a hearing or trial, and conduct an  electronic  appearance
 in  connection  with a criminal action pending in Albany, Bronx, Broome,
 Erie, Kings, New York, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, ORLE-
 ANS, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Saratoga, St. Lawrence, Seneca,
 Steuben, Tompkins, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Clinton, Essex,  Montgomery,
 Rensselaer,  Sullivan, Warren, Westchester, Suffolk, Herkimer, Franklin,
 Chemung, Schuyler, or Yates county, provided that the chief  administra-
 tor  of  the  courts has authorized the use of electronic appearance and
 the defendant, after consultation with counsel, consents on the  record.
 Such  consent  shall  be required at the commencement of each electronic
 appearance to such electronic appearance.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided,  however,  that
 the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 182.20 of the criminal proce-
 dure  law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of
 such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04803-01-3

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