Bill Text: NY A04994 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-09-15 - signed chap.387 [A04994 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04994-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4994

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 27, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BLANKENBUSH -- read once and referred 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 Jefferson

          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 242, 246, 252, 254, 321 and 351
     3  of the laws of 2022, 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, Putnam, Queens,  Richmond,  Rockland,  Saratoga,  St.  Lawrence,
    11  Seneca,  Steuben,  Tompkins,  Chautauqua,  Cattaraugus,  Clinton, Essex,
    12  Montgomery, Rensselaer, Sullivan, Warren, Westchester, Suffolk,  Herkim-
    13  er,  Franklin,  Chemung,  Schuyler,  or  Yates county, provided that the
    14  chief administrator of the courts has authorized the use  of  electronic
    15  appearance  and the defendant, after consultation with counsel, consents
    16  on the record. Such consent shall be required  at  the  commencement  of
    17  each electronic appearance to such electronic appearance.
    18    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, the
    19  amendments to subdivision 1 of section 182.20 of the criminal  procedure
    20  law  made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
    21  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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