Bill Text: NY S09334 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Oswego.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-13 - REFERRED TO CODES [S09334 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09334-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9334

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 13, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. WALCZYK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in  relation  to  permitting
          the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Oswego

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 182.20 of the  criminal  procedure
     2  law,  as separately amended by chapters 387 and 426 of the laws of 2023,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except  as  provided
     5  in  section  182.30  of  this article, the court, in its discretion, may
     6  dispense with the  personal  appearance  of  the  defendant,  except  an
     7  appearance  at  a hearing or trial, and conduct an electronic appearance
     8  in connection with a criminal action pending in Albany,  Bronx,  Broome,
     9  Erie,  Jefferson,  Kings,  New York, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario,
    10  Orange, Orleans, Oswego, Putnam, Queens, Richmond,  Rockland,  Saratoga,
    11  St.  Lawrence, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Clin-
    12  ton,  Essex,  Montgomery,  Rensselaer,  Sullivan,  Warren,  Westchester,
    13  Suffolk,  Herkimer,  Franklin,  Chemung,  Schuyler,  or  Yates   county,
    14  provided  that  the chief administrator of the courts has authorized the
    15  use of electronic appearance and the defendant, after consultation  with
    16  counsel,  consents  on the record. Such consent shall be required at the
    17  commencement of each electronic appearance to  such  electronic  appear-
    18  ance.
    19    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, the
    20  amendments to subdivision 1 of section 182.20 of the criminal  procedure
    21  law  made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
    22  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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