Bill Text: NY S04928 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 4928 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Provides Queens county with jurisdiction for cases arising from Rikers Island facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2014-12-29 - VETOED MEMO.581 [S04928 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04928-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4928--A
           Cal. No. 783
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 1, 2013
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       Introduced  by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- reported  favora-
         bly  from  said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered
         to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered  to  the  Assembly,
         recalled,  vote  reconsidered,  restored to third reading, amended and
         ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
       AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law,  in  relation  to  providing
         jurisdiction  to  Queens  county  for cases arising from Rikers Island
         facilities
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  4 of section 20.40 of the criminal procedure
    2  law is amended by adding a new paragraph (n) to read as follows:
    3    (N) AN OFFENSE COMMITTED AT RIKERS ISLAND FACILITIES SHALL  BE  PROSE-
    4  CUTED BY QUEENS COUNTY.
    5    S  2.  This  act shall take effect January 1, 2014, and shall apply to
    6  prosecutions commenced on or after such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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