Senate Bill S9075

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition of an accusatory instrument

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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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2017-S9075 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8687
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1.20 & 150.50, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S5078, A2333

2017-S9075 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the definition of an accusatory instrument; provides that a parking ticket may be an accusatory instrument if certain criteria are met.

2017-S9075 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S9075 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9075
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 15, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- 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  the  defi-
   nition of an accusatory instrument
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1.20  of  the  criminal  procedure
 law,  as  amended by chapter 209 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read
 as follows:
   1.  "Accusatory instrument" means: (A) an  indictment,  an  indictment
 ordered  reduced pursuant to subdivision one-a of section 210.20 of this
 chapter, an information, a simplified information, a prosecutor's infor-
 mation, a superior court information, a misdemeanor complaint or a felo-
 ny complaint. Every accusatory  instrument,  regardless  of  the  person
 designated  therein  as  accuser, constitutes an accusation on behalf of
 the state as plaintiff and must be entitled "the people of the state  of
 New York" against a designated person, known as the defendant[.]; AND
   (B) AN APPEARANCE TICKET ISSUED FOR A PARKING INFRACTION WHEN (I) SUCH
 TICKET  IS  BASED ON PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OR INFORMATION AND BELIEF OF THE
 POLICE OFFICER OR OTHER PUBLIC SERVANT WHO ISSUES THE TICKET, (II)   THE
 POLICE  OFFICER  OR OTHER PUBLIC SERVANT WHO ISSUES SUCH TICKET VERIFIES
 THAT FALSE STATEMENTS MADE THEREIN ARE PUNISHABLE AS A CLASS A MISDEMEA-
 NOR, (III) THE INFRACTION OR INFRACTIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE STATED IN
 DETAIL AND NOT IN CONCLUSORY TERMS SO AS TO PROVIDE THE  DEFENDANT  WITH
 SUFFICIENT   NOTICE  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED,  TO  THE  APPLICABLE
 PROVISION OF LAW ALLEGEDLY VIOLATED, AND THE DATE, TIME  AND  PARTICULAR
 PLACE OF THE ALLEGED INFRACTION, AND (IV) SUCH TICKET CONTAINS:  (1) THE
 LICENSE PLATE DESIGNATION OF THE TICKETED VEHICLE, (2) THE LICENSE PLATE
 TYPE  OF  THE TICKETED VEHICLE, (3) THE EXPIRATION OF THE TICKETED VEHI-
 CLE'S REGISTRATION, (4) THE MAKE OR MODEL OF THE TICKETED  VEHICLE,  AND
 (5) THE BODY TYPE OF THE TICKETED VEHICLE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHERE
 THE PLATE TYPE OR THE EXPIRATION DATE ARE NOT SHOWN ON EITHER THE REGIS-
 TRATION PLATES OR STICKER OF A VEHICLE OR WHERE THE REGISTRATION STICKER
 IS  COVERED,  FADED,  DEFACED OR MUTILATED SO THAT IT IS UNREADABLE, THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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