Assembly Bill A7065

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Removes the requirement that willful failure to appear after notice of scheduled appearances be persistent in order to revoke an order granting liberty to a defendant and to fix bail in such action or proceeding

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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-A7065 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §530.60, CP L

2023-A7065 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes the requirement that willful failure to appear after notice of scheduled appearances be persistent in order to revoke an order granting an order of recognizance, release under non-monetary conditions or bail to a defendant and to fix bail in such action or proceeding.

2023-A7065 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7065
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to removing  the
   requirement  that  willful failure to appear after notice of scheduled
   appearances be persistent in order to revoke an order granting liberty
   to a defendant and to fix bail in such action or proceeding
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph  (b) of subdivision 2 of
 section 530.60 of the criminal procedure law, as added by section 20  of
 part  JJJ  of  chapter  59  of  the  laws of 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (i) [persistently and] willfully failed  to  appear  after  notice  of
 scheduled appearances in the case before the court; or
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10774-01-3

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