Bill Text: NY A08326 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits the electronic appearance of a defendant in Seneca county except at hearings and trials.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-31 - substituted by s7433 [A08326 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08326-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8326

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    October 20, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. GALLAHAN, PALMESANO -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation  to  authorizing
          electronic court appearances in Seneca county

          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  amended by chapter 332 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read
     3  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,  Kings,  New  York,  Niagara,  Oneida,  Onondaga, Ontario, Orange,
    10  Putnam, Queens, Richmond, St. Lawrence,  Seneca,  Tompkins,  Chautauqua,
    11  Cattaraugus,  Clinton,  Essex, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Warren, Westches-
    12  ter, Suffolk, Herkimer or  Franklin  county,  provided  that  the  chief
    13  administrator of the courts has authorized the use of electronic appear-
    14  ance and the defendant, after consultation with counsel, consents on the
    15  record. Such consent shall be required at the commencement of each elec-
    16  tronic appearance to such electronic appearance.
    17    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that
    18  the amendments to section 182.20 of the criminal procedure law  made  by
    19  section one of this act, shall not affect the repeal of such section and
    20  shall be deemed repealed therewith.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13196-01-1