Senate Bill S2615

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to offenses for which a court may fix bail or commit a principal to custody of the sheriff

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes 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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2021-S2615 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3761
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§510.10, 530.20 & 530.40, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8233, A10269
2023-2024: S2523

2021-S2615 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a court to set bail or commit a principal to custody where the principal has been designated a sex offender.

2021-S2615 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2615 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2615
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to offenses  for
   which  a  court  may  fix bail or commit a principal to custody of the
   sheriff

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions  1  and  3 of section 510.10 of the criminal
 procedure law, subdivision 1 as amended and subdivision 3  as  added  by
 section  2 of part JJJ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, are amended to
 read as follows:
   1. When a principal, whose  future  court  attendance  at  a  criminal
 action or proceeding is or may be required, comes under the control of a
 court,  such  court  shall, in accordance with this title, by a securing
 order release the principal on the principal's own recognizance, release
 the principal under non-monetary conditions, or, where  authorized,  fix
 bail  or commit the principal to the custody of the sheriff. In all such
 cases, except where another type  of  securing  order  is  shown  to  be
 required  by law, the court shall release the principal pending trial on
 the principal's own recognizance, unless  it  is  demonstrated  and  the
 court  makes  an  individualized determination that:   (A) the principal
 poses a risk of flight to avoid prosecution; OR (B) THAT  THE  PRINCIPAL
 HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A SEX OFFENDER UNDER ARTICLE SIX-C OF THE CORRECTION
 LAW. If such a finding is made, the court must select the least restric-
 tive alternative and condition or conditions that will reasonably assure
 the  principal's return to court.  The court shall explain its choice of
 release, release with conditions, bail or remand on  the  record  or  in
 writing.
   3.  In  cases  other  than  as  described  in subdivision four of this
 section the court shall release the principal pending trial on the prin-
 cipal's own recognizance, unless the court finds on  the  record  or  in
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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