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Assembly Bill A10598

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing the minimum bail for sexual offenses of a school official against a student

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2017-A10598 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Add §520.50, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A2033

2017-A10598 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the minimum bail for sexual offenses of a school official against a student to $200,000.

2017-A10598 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10598
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in  relation  to  increasing
   the  minimum  bail  for sexual offenses of a school official against a
   student
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The  criminal  procedure  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 520.50 to read as follows:
 § 520.50 MINIMUM BAIL; SCHOOL OFFICIAL SEXUAL OFFENSES AGAINST STUDENTS.
   WHERE A COURT FIXES BAIL FOR AN EMPLOYEE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT  ACCUSED
 OF  AN  OFFENSE  DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW,
 AND WHERE THE ALLEGED VICTIM OF SUCH OFFENSE IS A STUDENT, THE AMOUNT OF
 BAIL FIXED SHALL BE NO LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15474-01-8

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