Assembly Bill A2904

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the denial of bail for persons charged with DWI in certain instances

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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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2011-A2904 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §530.20, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A827
2013-2014: A4018

2011-A2904 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Denies bail for persons charged with driving while intoxicated in certain instances resulting in the death of another person.

2011-A2904 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2904

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 21, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GABRYSZAK  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the denial of
  bail for persons charged with driving  while  intoxicated  in  certain
  instances

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of  section  530.20  of  the
criminal  procedure  law, as amended by chapter 531 of the laws of 1975,
is amended to read as follows:
  (a)  A city court, a town court or  a  village  court  may  not  order
recognizance  or  bail  when (i) the defendant is charged with a class A
felony, [or] (ii) it appears that the defendant has two previous  felony
convictions  OR  (III)  THE  DEFENDANT  IS  CHARGED  WITH A VIOLATION OF
SECTION 125.12 OF THE PENAL LAW;
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07775-01-1

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