Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 31, 2016 |
vetoed memo.306 |
Dec 20, 2016 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 17, 2016 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.535 substituted for a10706 |
Jun 17, 2016 |
substituted by s8114 rules report cal.535 reported |
Jun 16, 2016 |
reported referred to rules |
Jun 15, 2016 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Jun 13, 2016 |
referred to codes |
Assembly Bill A10706
Vetoed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
FAHY
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S8114 - Vetoed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Vetoed By Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Joseph Lentol
Jeffrion Aubry
John T. McDonald III
Phil Steck
2015-A10706 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A10706 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10706 I N A S S E M B L Y June 13, 2016 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Fahy) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the county law, the executive law and the state finance law, in relation to indigent defense services THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings and declaration. It is a fundamental right of all persons in the United States to be represented by counsel in all criminal prosecutions. In the case of GIDEON V. WAINWRIGHT, 372 U.S. 335, the United States Supreme Court ruled that indigent persons accused in state felony cases who were unable to afford counsel had a constitutional right to be defended by an appointed attorney paid by the state. Subsequently, the Supreme Court determined that indigent persons accused of any criminal charge that could result in imprisonment, wheth- er a felony or misdemeanor, are entitled to counsel at the expense of the state. New York state has chosen to fulfill its obligation to provide repre- sentation to indigent persons accused of a crime by requiring each coun- ty outside New York city and New York city to implement and fund a plan to provide such representation. In 2006 the Commission on the Future of Indigent Legal Services concluded that a system of county operated and funded indigent defense services failed to satisfy the constitutional obligation to protect the rights of indigent persons accused of a crime. Such Commission recommended that funding for indigent legal services come from the State's general fund rather than from the counties. New York state has entered into an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged deprivation of the right to counsel in five coun- ties. The agreement acknowledges that the Office of Indigent Legal Services and the Indigent Legal Services Board are authorized "to moni- tor and study indigent legal services in the state, to recommend meas- ures to improve those services, to award grant monies to counties to support their indigent representation capability, and to establish criteria for the distribution of such funds." While the settlement EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15873-01-6
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