Senate Bill S6550

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to proceedings against juvenile and adolescent offenders

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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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2019-S6550 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8315
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§722.20 & 722.21, CP L

2019-S6550 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to proceedings against juvenile and adolescent offenders and allowing district attorneys to remove such offenders to family court.

2019-S6550 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6550 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6550
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- 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  proceedings
   against juvenile and adolescent offenders
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 722.20 of the  criminal  procedure
 law,  as  added  by section 1-a of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   1. When a juvenile offender is arraigned  before  a  youth  part,  the
 provisions  of  this  section  shall  apply. If the youth part is not in
 session, the defendant shall  be  brought  before  the  most  accessible
 magistrate  designated by the appellate division of the supreme court to
 act as a youth part for the purpose of making  a  determination  whether
 such  juvenile  shall  be  detained OR, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE DISTRICT
 ATTORNEY, IMMEDIATELY REMOVED TO  FAMILY  COURT.  If  the  defendant  is
 ordered  to  be  detained,  he  or  she shall be brought before the next
 session of the youth part. If the defendant is not detained, he  or  she
 shall  be ordered to appear at the next session of the youth part OR THE
 FAMILY COURT.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 722.21 of the criminal procedure law, as
 added by section 1-a of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of  2017,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  When  an adolescent offender is arraigned before a youth part, the
 provisions of this section shall apply. If the  youth  part  is  not  in
 session,  the  defendant  shall  be  brought  before the most accessible
 magistrate designated by the appellate division of the supreme court  to
 act  as  a  youth part for the purpose of making a determination whether
 such adolescent offender shall be detained OR, WITH THE CONSENT  OF  THE
 DISTRICT ATTORNEY, IMMEDIATELY REMOVED TO FAMILY COURT. If the defendant
 is  ordered  to  be detained, he or she shall be brought before the next
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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