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Assembly Bill A9281

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides that a city, town or village court may not order recognizance or bail when it appears the defendant has two previous felony convictions pursuant to certain provisions of law

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2013-A9281 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง530.20, CP L

2013-A9281 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a city, town or village court may not order recognizance or bail when it appears the defendant has two previous felony convictions pursuant to certain provisions of the penal law.

2013-A9281 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9281

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 7, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LENTOL -- (at request of the Office of Court
  Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to setting  bail
  in city, town and village courts

  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  WITHIN  THE  MEANING OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 70.08 OR
70.10 OF THE PENAL LAW;
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall  apply  to  all
criminal proceedings commenced on or after such effective date.







 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13854-01-4

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