S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   3059
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2021
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  RIVERA,  GIANARIS,  JACKSON,  MAY, MYRIE, PARKER,
   RAMOS, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to charitable bail organ-
   izations
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 6805 of  the  insurance  law,  as
 added by chapter 181 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) A charitable bail organization shall:
   (1)  only  deposit  money  as bail in the amount of [two] TEN thousand
 dollars or less for a defendant charged with one or more  [misdemeanors]
 OFFENSES,  AS  DEFINED  IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 10.00 OF THE PENAL
 LAW, provided, however, that such  organization  shall  not  execute  as
 surety any bond for any defendant;
   (2) only deposit money as bail on behalf of a person who is financial-
 ly  unable  to  post  bail,  which may constitute a portion or the whole
 amount of such bail; AND
   (3) [only deposit money as bail in one county in this state. Provided,
 however, that a charitable bail organization whose  principal  place  of
 business is located within a city of a million or more may deposit money
 as bail in the five counties comprising such city; and
   (4)]  not  charge  a  premium  or receive compensation for acting as a
 charitable bail organization.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07663-01-1