senate Bill S147

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the functions of the chief administrator of the courts

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Jan 04, 2017 referred to codes

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S147 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5946
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §10.40, CP L; amd §212, Judy L; add §837-t, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6001, A7698
2019-2020: S1830, A10609

S147 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the functions of the chief administrator of the courts; relates to reporting requirements.

S147 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S147 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                   147

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 4, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. SQUADRON, PARKER, PERKINS, RIVERA -- read twice and
  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
  Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend  the criminal procedure law and the judiciary law, in
  relation to functions of the chief administrator of the courts; and to
  amend the executive law, in relation to reporting requirements

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1 of section 10.40 of the criminal procedure
law, as amended by chapter 237 of the laws of 2015, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  1.  The  chief  administrator  of  the  courts shall have the power to
adopt, amend and rescind forms for the efficient and just administration
of this chapter.   SUCH FORMS SHALL  INCLUDE,  WITHOUT  LIMITATION,  THE
FORMS  DESCRIBED  IN  PARAGRAPH  (Z)  OF  SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION TWO
HUNDRED TWELVE OF THE JUDICIARY LAW. A failure by any  party  to  submit
papers  in compliance with forms authorized by this section shall not be
grounds for that reason alone for denial or granting of any motion.
  § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 212 of the judiciary law is  amended  by
adding  six  new  paragraphs  (u), (v), (w), (x), (y) and (z) to read as
follows:
  (U) COMPILE AND PUBLISH DATA ON MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES  IN  ALL  COURTS,
DISAGGREGATED BY COUNTY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
  (I) THE AGGREGATE NUMBER OF MISDEMEANORS CHARGED, BY INDICTMENT OR THE
FILING OF A MISDEMEANOR COMPLAINT OR INFORMATION;
  (II) THE OFFENSE CHARGED;
  (III) THE RACE, ETHNICITY, AGE, AND SEX OF THE INDIVIDUAL CHARGED;
  (IV) WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL WAS ISSUED A SUMMONS OR APPEARANCE TICKET,
WAS  SUBJECT  TO  CUSTODIAL  ARREST, AND/OR WAS HELD TO ARRAIGNMENT AS A
RESULT OF THE ALLEGED MISDEMEANOR;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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