Assembly Bill A7027

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Includes an E felony in the exceptions to the authority of a police officer to arrest a person without a warrant and to the authority of a public servant other than a police officer to serve an appearance ticket

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A7027 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §150.20, CP L

2023-A7027 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes an E felony in the exceptions to the authority of a police officer to arrest a person without a warrant and to the authority of a public servant other than a police officer to serve an appearance ticket.

2023-A7027 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7027
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, WILLIAMS, PAULIN, McDONALD, LAVINE --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to including  an
   E  felony  in  the  exceptions to the authority of a police officer to
   arrest a person without a warrant and to the  authority  of  a  public
   servant other than a police officer to serve an appearance ticket
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 and subdivisions 2 and 3  of
 section  150.20 of the criminal procedure law, paragraph (a) of subdivi-
 sion 1 as amended by section 1-a of part JJJ of chapter 59 of  the  laws
 of  2019  and subdivisions 2 and 3 as amended by chapter 550 of the laws
 of 1987, are amended to read as follows:
   (a) Whenever a police officer is authorized pursuant to section 140.10
 of this title to arrest a person without a warrant for an offense  other
 than  a  class  A,  B,  C  [or], D OR E felony or a violation of section
 130.25, 130.40, 205.10, 205.17, 205.19 or 215.56 of the  penal  law,  he
 shall,  except  as set out in paragraph (b) of this subdivision, subject
 to the provisions of subdivisions three and four of  section  150.40  of
 this  [title]  ARTICLE,  instead  issue to and serve upon such person an
 appearance ticket.
   2. (a) Whenever a police officer  has  arrested  a  person  without  a
 warrant for an offense other than a class A, B, C [or], D OR E felony or
 a  violation of section 130.25, 130.40, 205.10, 205.17, 205.19 or 215.56
 of the penal law pursuant to section 140.10 OF THIS TITLE, or (b)  when-
 ever  a  peace officer, who is not authorized by law to issue an appear-
 ance ticket, has arrested a person for an offense other than a class  A,
 B,  C  [or],  D  OR  E  felony or a violation of section 130.25, 130.40,
 205.10, 205.17, 205.19 or 215.56 of the penal law  pursuant  to  section
 140.25  OF  THIS  TITLE, and has requested a police officer to issue and
 serve upon such arrested person an appearance ticket pursuant to  subdi-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10624-01-3

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