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Assembly Bill A7653

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Allows justices of criminal courts in the county of Madison to preside in any court for the limited purposes of arraignments and appearance proceedings pursuant to a bench warrant

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2019-A7653 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5626
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Uniform Justice Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §106, UJCA

2019-A7653 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows justices of criminal courts in the county of Madison to preside in any court for the limited purposes of arraignments and appearance proceedings pursuant to a bench warrant.

2019-A7653 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7653
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SALKA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the uniform justice court act, in relation  to  allowing
   justices of criminal courts in the county of Madison to preside in any
   court   for  the  limited  purposes  of  arraignments  and  appearance
   proceedings pursuant to a bench warrant

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 106 of the uniform justice court act is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
   12. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
 A JUSTICE OF A LOCAL CRIMINAL COURT SITUATED IN THE  COUNTY  OF  MADISON
 MAY PRESIDE AS THE JUSTICE OF HIS OR HER COURT ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY OF
 MADISON  FOR  THE  LIMITED  PURPOSES  OF  ARRAIGNMENTS AND/OR APPEARANCE
 PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO A BENCH WARRANT, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ARRAIGNMENTS
 AND/OR APPEARANCE PROCEEDINGS ARE HELD IN A COURTROOM WHEREVER POSSIBLE,
 OR OTHER SUITABLE FACILITY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT
 ANY MUNICIPALITY PROVIDING SUCH FACILITIES SHALL HAVE CONSENTED TO  SUCH
 USAGE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11409-01-9

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