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July 25, 2022
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Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 permitting
the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Orleans
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 182.20 of the criminal procedure
law, as separately amended by chapters 242, 246, 252, 254, 321, and 351
of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided
in section 182.30 of this article, the court, in its discretion, may
dispense with the personal appearance of the defendant, except an
appearance at a hearing or trial, and conduct an electronic appearance
in connection with a criminal action pending in Albany, Bronx, Broome,
Erie, Kings, New York, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, ORLE-
ANS, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Saratoga, St. Lawrence, Seneca,
Steuben, Tompkins, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Clinton, Essex, Montgomery,
Rensselaer, Sullivan, Warren, Westchester, Suffolk, Herkimer, Franklin,
Chemung, Schuyler, or Yates county, provided that the chief administra-
tor of the courts has authorized the use of electronic appearance and
the defendant, after consultation with counsel, consents on the record.
Such consent shall be required at the commencement of each electronic
appearance to such electronic appearance.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 182.20 of the criminal proce-
dure law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of
such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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