Assembly Bill A4025

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to corporate defendants

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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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2015-A4025 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §600.20, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5491
2011-2012: A7546
2013-2014: A5772
2017-2018: A3103

2015-A4025 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that upon finding a corporate defendant liable for a criminal charge, the district attorney may simultaneously file a civil judgment against such corporate defendant.

2015-A4025 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4025

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. McKEVITT, GRAF, MONTESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by
  -- M. of A. RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law,  in  relation  to  corporate
  defendants

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

  Section 1. Section 600.20 of the criminal procedure law is amended  to
read as follows:
S 600.20  Corporate defendants; prosecution thereof.
  At  all  stages  of  a  criminal action, from the commencement thereof
through sentence, a corporate defendant must appear by  counsel.    Upon
failure  of appearance at the time such defendant is required to enter a
plea to the accusatory instrument, the court may enter a plea of  guilty
and  impose  sentence.    UPON FINDING A CORPORATE DEFENDANT LIABLE, THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY MAY SIMULTANEOUSLY FILE A CIVIL JUDGMENT AGAINST  SUCH
CORPORATE DEFENDANT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08308-01-5

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