Bill Text: NY A10816 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-21 - referred to codes [A10816 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A10816-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         10816
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 21, 2010
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SKARTADOS  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation  to  authorizing
         the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Ulster
         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, Tompkins, Chautauqua,  Cattarau-
   11  gus,  Clinton,  Essex, Montgomery, Rensselaer, ULSTER, 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    S  2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amend-
   18  ments to subdivision 1 of section 182.20 of the criminal procedure  law,
   19  made  by  section  one  of this act, shall not affect the repeal of such
   20  section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD16868-01-0