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Feb 14, 2019 |
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Assembly Bill A5659
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ENGLEBRIGHT
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
co-Sponsors
William Colton
Aileen Gunther
multi-Sponsors
Steven Cymbrowitz
Sandy Galef
N. Nick Perry
2019-A5659 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A5659 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Expedites perfection and hearing of appeals of violent sex offense convictions when such offense was committed or attempted to be committed against a person under 18; such appeals shall be perfected within 60 days of the filing of the notice of appeal and heard within 120 days of the filing of the notice of appeal; prohibits the ordering of recognizance or bail upon conviction of any felony sex offense when such offense was committed or attempted to be committed against a person under 18 years of age.
2019-A5659 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5659 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON, GUNTHER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, GALEF, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to prohibiting issuance of an order of recognizance or bail to certain persons upon conviction of a sex offense and expediting the perfection of appeals of convictions of sex offenses against persons under the age of 18 years THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 530.40 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 264 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows: 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision two, a superior court may not order recognizance or bail, or permit a defendant to remain at liberty pursuant to an existing order, after he OR SHE has been convicted of either: (a) a class A felony or (b) any class B [or], class C, CLASS D OR CLASS E felony defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law committed or attempted to be committed by a person eigh- teen years of age or older against a person less than eighteen years of age. In either case the court must commit or remand the defendant to the custody of the sheriff. § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 530.45 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 264 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1. When the defendant is at liberty in the course of a criminal action as a result of a prior order of recognizance or bail and the court revokes such order and then either fixes no bail or fixes bail in a greater amount or in a more burdensome form than was previously fixed and remands or commits defendant to the custody of the sheriff, a judge designated in subdivision two, upon application of the defendant follow- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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