Assembly Bill A6279

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the department of criminal justice services to monitor desk appearance tickets and report on the rate which principals appear in court on such tickets

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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-A6279 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §837-x, Exec L

2023-A6279 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of criminal justice services to monitor desk appearance tickets and report on the rate which principals appear in court on such tickets.

2023-A6279 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6279
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the depart-
   ment of criminal justice services to monitor desk  appearance  tickets
   and  report on the rate which principals appear in court on such tick-
   ets

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-x
 to read as follows:
   § 837-X. DESK APPEARANCE TICKET REPORT. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ANNUAL-
 LY SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE AND POST  TO  THE  DEPART-
 MENT'S WEBSITE A REPORT REGARDING DESK APPEARANCE TICKETS FOR THE PREVI-
 OUS  YEAR.  THIS  REPORT  SHALL  BE  BOTH STATEWIDE AND DISAGGREGATED BY
 COUNTY AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED  TO,  THE  NUMBER  OF  DESK
 APPEARANCE  TICKETS  ISSUED, THE NUMBER OF PRINCIPALS WHO DID NOT APPEAR
 IN COURT AFTER BEING ISSUED A DESK APPEARANCE TICKET, AND THE  RATIO  OF
 DESK APPEARANCE TICKETS ISSUED TO PRINCIPALS WHO DID NOT APPEAR IN COURT
 AFTER BEING ISSUED A DESK APPEARANCE TICKET.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08625-01-3

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