Bill Text: NY A09340 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides a mandatory jail sentence of thirty days for violations of family and non-family orders of protection and global positioning system monitoring for certain defendants.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-11 - referred to codes [A09340 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09340-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9340
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 11, 2014
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       Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Codes
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the criminal procedure law, in relation to orders of
         protection for family and non-family offenses
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  Subdivision 11 of section 530.12 of the criminal procedure
    2  law,  as  amended  by chapter 498 of the laws of 1993, the opening para-
    3  graph as amended by chapter 597 of the laws of 1998,  paragraph  (a)  as
    4  amended  by chapter 222 of the laws of 1994 and paragraph (d) as amended
    5  by chapter 644 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
    6    11. If a defendant is brought before the court for failure to obey any
    7  lawful order issued under this section, or an order of protection issued
    8  by a court of competent jurisdiction in another  state,  territorial  or
    9  tribal  jurisdiction,  and  if, after hearing, the court is satisfied by
   10  competent proof that the defendant has willfully failed to obey any such
   11  order, the court [may] SHALL:
   12    (a) revoke an order of recognizance or revoke  an  order  of  bail  or
   13  order  forfeiture of such bail and commit the defendant to custody FOR A
   14  MINIMUM PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS; or
   15    (b) restore the case to the calendar when there has been  an  adjourn-
   16  ment  in  contemplation of dismissal and commit the defendant to custody
   17  FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS; or
   18    (c) revoke a conditional discharge in accordance with  section  410.70
   19  of this chapter and impose probation supervision or impose a sentence of
   20  imprisonment  in  accordance  with  the  penal law based on the original
   21  conviction FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS; or
   22    (d) revoke probation in accordance with section 410.70 of this chapter
   23  and impose a sentence of imprisonment in accordance with the  penal  law
   24  based on the original conviction FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS. In
   25  addition,  if  the  act  which constitutes the violation of the order of
   26  protection or temporary order of protection is a crime  or  a  violation
   27  the defendant may be charged with and tried for that crime or violation.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03018-01-3
       A. 9340                             2
    1    S 2. Section 530.12 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding
    2  a new subdivision 11-a to read as follows:
    3    11-A.  IN ADDITION TO THE PENALTIES SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF
    4  THIS SECTION, IF A DEFENDANT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF AN OFFENSE
    5  SET  FORTH  IN  TITLE  H OF PART THREE OF THE PENAL LAW, THE COURT SHALL
    6  ORDER THAT THE DEFENDANT BE EQUIPPED WITH A  GLOBAL  POSITIONING  SYSTEM
    7  DEVICE  WHICH  SHALL  RELIABLY MONITOR, TRACK AND LOCATE THE POSITION OF
    8  SUCH DEFENDANT. SUCH DEFENDANT SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH GLOBAL  POSI-
    9  TIONING DEVICE FOR THE DURATION OF SUCH TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION OR
   10  ANY RENEWAL THEREOF.
   11    S 3. Subdivision 8 of section 530.13 of the criminal procedure law, as
   12  added by chapter 388 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
   13    8.  If a defendant is brought before the court for failure to obey any
   14  lawful order issued under this section and if, after hearing, the  court
   15  is  satisfied by competent proof that the defendant has willfully failed
   16  to obey any such order, the court [may] SHALL:
   17    (a) revoke an order of recognizance or bail and commit  the  defendant
   18  to custody FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS; or
   19    (b)  restore  the case to the calendar when there has been an adjourn-
   20  ment in contemplation of dismissal and commit the defendant  to  custody
   21  [or  impose  or  increase  bail pending a trial of the original crime or
   22  violation] FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS; or
   23    (c) revoke a conditional discharge in accordance with  section  410.70
   24  of  this chapter and [impose probation supervision or] impose a sentence
   25  of imprisonment in accordance with the penal law based on  the  original
   26  conviction WHICH SHALL BE FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS; or
   27    (d) revoke probation in accordance with section 410.70 of this chapter
   28  and  impose  a sentence of imprisonment in accordance with the penal law
   29  based on the original conviction WHICH SHALL BE FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD  OF
   30  THIRTY DAYS.  In addition, if the act which constitutes the violation of
   31  the order of protection or temporary order of protection is a crime or a
   32  violation  the defendant may be charged with and tried for that crime or
   33  violation.
   34    S 4. Subdivision 9 of section 530.13 of the criminal procedure law, as
   35  renumbered by chapter 388 of the laws of 1984, is renumbered subdivision
   36  10 and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
   37    9. IN ADDITION TO THE PENALTIES SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF THIS
   38  SECTION, IF A DEFENDANT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF AN OFFENSE  SET
   39  FORTH  IN  TITLE H OF PART THREE OF THE PENAL LAW, THE COURT SHALL ORDER
   40  THAT THE DEFENDANT BE EQUIPPED WITH A GLOBAL POSITIONING  SYSTEM  DEVICE
   41  WHICH  SHALL  RELIABLY  MONITOR,  TRACK  AND LOCATE THE POSITION OF SUCH
   42  DEFENDANT. SUCH DEFENDANT SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH GLOBAL POSITIONING
   43  DEVICE FOR THE DURATION OF SUCH TEMPORARY ORDER  OF  PROTECTION  OR  ANY
   44  RENEWAL THEREOF.
   45    S  5.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
   46  have become a law.
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