Bill Text: NY S04039 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires unsealing of court records of youthful offenders convicted of animal abuse offense; provides that such persons undergo a psychiatric evaluation and treatment where necessary.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S04039 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S04039-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4039 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 2, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the criminal procedure law, in relation to plea bargaining options and personal court appear- ances for certain driver's license holders The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1805 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by 2 chapter 182 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 1805. Plea of guilty, how put in. [The] Except in any case in which 4 the defendant is a holder of a class DJ or class MJ learner's permit or 5 class DJ or class MJ driver's license pursuant to section five hundred 6 two of this chapter, the provisions of section 170.10 of the criminal 7 procedure law and the provisions of section eighteen hundred seven of 8 this article may be waived, to the extent hereinafter indicated, by a 9 defendant charged with a violation of any provision of the tax law or 10 the transportation law regulating traffic, or a traffic infraction, as 11 defined in this chapter, other than a third or subsequent speeding 12 violation committed within a period of eighteen months, provided that he 13 or she shall submit to the local criminal court having jurisdiction, in 14 person, by duly authorized agent, by first class mail or by registered 15 or certified mail, return receipt requested, an application setting 16 forth (a) the nature of the charge, (b) the information or instructions 17 required by section eighteen hundred seven of this article to be given 18 defendant upon arraignment, (c) that defendant waives arraignment in 19 open court and the aid of counsel, (d) that he or she pleads guilty to 20 the offense as charged, (e) that defendant elects and requests that the 21 charge be disposed of and the fine or penalty fixed by the court, pursu- 22 ant to this section, (f) any statement or explanation that the defendant 23 may desire to make concerning the offense charged and (g) that defendant 24 makes all statements with respect to such application under penalty of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06417-01-7S. 4039 2 1 perjury. This application shall be in such form as the commissioner 2 shall prescribe and a copy thereof shall be handed to the defendant by 3 the officer charging him or her with such offense. Thereupon the local 4 criminal court may proceed as though the defendant had been convicted 5 upon a plea of guilty in open court, provided, however, that any imposi- 6 tion of fine or penalty hereunder shall be deemed tentative until such 7 fine or penalty shall have been paid and discharged in full, prior to 8 which time such court, in its discretion, may annul any proceedings 9 hereunder, including such tentative imposition of fine or penalty, and 10 deny the application, in which event the charge shall be disposed of 11 pursuant to the applicable provisions of law, as though no proceedings 12 had been had under this section. If upon receipt of the aforesaid appli- 13 cation such court shall deny the same, it shall thereupon inform the 14 defendant of this fact, and that he or she is required to appear before 15 the said court at a stated time and place to answer the charge which 16 shall thereafter be disposed of pursuant to the applicable provisions of 17 law. The holder of a class DJ or class MJ learner's permit, a class DJ 18 or class MJ driver's license or a limited class DJ or class MJ license 19 may not waive the provisions of section 170.10 of the criminal procedure 20 law or section eighteen hundred seven of this article and such defendant 21 shall be required to personally enter a plea in court. 22 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 170.10 of the criminal 23 procedure law, as amended by chapter 661 of the laws of 1972, is amended 24 to read as follows: 25 (b) In any case in which the defendant's appearance is required by a 26 summons or an appearance ticket, the court in its discretion may, for 27 good cause shown, permit the defendant to appear by counsel instead of 28 in person, except in any case in which the defendant is a holder of a 29 class DJ or class MJ learner's permit, a class DJ or class MJ driver's 30 license issued pursuant to section five hundred two of the vehicle and 31 traffic law, where such defendant has been charged with a violation of 32 the vehicle and traffic law, or other law or ordinance relating to the 33 operation of motor vehicles or motorcycles. 34 § 3. Section 170.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding 35 a new subdivision 11 to read as follows: 36 11. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in 37 any case wherein a charge laid before a court on a simplified traffic 38 information charges any holder of a class DJ or class MJ learner's 39 permit, a class DJ or class MJ driver's license issued pursuant to 40 section five hundred two of the vehicle and traffic law with a serious 41 traffic violation as defined in paragraph (b) of this subdivision, any 42 plea of guilty thereafter entered in satisfaction of such charge must 43 include at least a plea of guilty to one of the charges that such holder 44 was originally charged with and no other disposition by plea of guilty 45 to any other charge in satisfaction of such charge shall be authorized, 46 provided, however, if the district attorney upon reviewing the available 47 evidence determines that the charge of such violation is not warranted, 48 such district attorney may consent, and the court may allow a disposi- 49 tion by plea of guilty to another charge in satisfaction of such charge; 50 provided, however, in all such cases, the court shall set forth upon the 51 record the basis for such disposition. 52 (b) For purposes of this subdivision, the term "serious traffic 53 violation" shall mean operating a motor vehicle in violation of any of 54 the following provisions of the vehicle and traffic law: articles twen- 55 ty-five and twenty-six; subdivision one of section six hundred; section 56 six hundred one; sections eleven hundred eleven, eleven hundred seventy,S. 4039 3 1 eleven hundred seventy-two and eleven hundred seventy-four; subdivisions 2 (a), (b), (c), (d) and (f) of section eleven hundred eighty, provided 3 that the violation involved ten or more miles per hour over the estab- 4 lished limit; section eleven hundred eighty-two; subdivision three of 5 section twelve hundred twenty-nine-c for violations involving use of 6 safety belts or seats by a child under the age of sixteen; and section 7 twelve hundred twelve. 8 § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 9 have become a law and shall apply to violations occurring on and after 10 such effective date.
