Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 06, 2018 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 04, 2018 |
advanced to third reading |
May 31, 2018 |
2nd report cal. |
May 30, 2018 |
1st report cal.1417 |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to codes returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 20, 2017 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.2099 |
Jun 15, 2017 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6740
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- 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
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2017-S6740 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S6740 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6740 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to requiring town attorneys to institute proceedings to collect fines, restitution or reparation in towns contained within Nassau county PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : This would enable local governments that are owed fine money by corporations to collect on those judgments and will aid in enforcement of code violations. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Amends section 420.20 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 290 of the laws of 1980 to allow Town Attorneys in Nassau County the authority to collect fines. JUSTIFICATION : There may be in excess of $8,500,000.00 in default judgments in Nassau County District Court alone that are due to the towns of Hempstead, North Hempstead, and Oyster Bay. Currently collection of fines imposed upon corporations are the duty of the county attorneys anywhere outside of New York City, but the county attorney of Nassau does not
2017-S6740 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6740 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 15, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PHILLIPS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to requiring town attorneys to institute proceedings to collect fines, restitution or reparation in towns contained within Nassau county THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 420.20 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 290 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows: § 420.20 Collection of fines, restitution or reparation imposed upon corporations. Where a corporation is sentenced to pay a fine, restitution or repara- tion, the fine, restitution or reparation must be paid at the time sentence is imposed. If the fine, restitution or reparation is not so paid, it may be collected in the same manner as a judgment in a civil action, and if execution issued upon such judgment be returned unsatis- fied an action may be brought in the name of the people of the state of New York to procure a judgment sequestering the property of the corpo- ration, as provided by the business corporation law. It is the duty of the attorney general in all criminal proceedings prosecuted by him, and, in all other proceedings, the county attorney for counties outside the city of New York, OR THE TOWN ATTORNEY FOR ALL PROCEEDINGS PROSECUTED BY SUCH TOWN ATTORNEY FOR TOWNS CONTAINED WITHIN NASSAU COUNTY, and, in the city of New York the corporation counsel of the city of New York, to institute proceedings to collect such fine, restitution or reparation. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10212-03-7
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