Bill Text: NY A02921 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2921 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes an alternative youth criminal court for the city of Buffalo.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-03 - enacting clause stricken [A02921 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A02921-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2921
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 23, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Judiciary
        AN ACT relating to the establishment of an  alternative  youth  criminal
          court in the city of Buffalo
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule  or  regu-
     2  lation  to  the  contrary,  the  city of Buffalo is hereby authorized to
     3  create a pilot program establishing an alternative youth criminal court.
     4  Juveniles, age sixteen through eighteen, that would otherwise be  prose-
     5  cuted  in  city  court for offenses of less than felony grade, committed
     6  within such city, shall be prosecuted and sentenced in  the  alternative
     7  youth criminal court.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.  Effective immediate-
     9  ly,  the office of court administration shall promulgate rules and regu-
    10  lations necessary for the implementation of this act  on  its  effective
    11  date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03451-01-7