Bill Text: NY S06538 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to justices presiding in an off-hours arraignment part.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-27 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8177 [S06538 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06538-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          6538
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 1, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sen. BONACIC -- (at request of the Office of Court Admin-
          istration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed  to  be
          committed to the Committee on Judiciary
        AN  ACT  to amend the uniform justice court act, in relation to justices
          presiding in an off-hours arraignment part
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 106 of the uniform justice court act is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
     3    11. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
     4  a justice of a local criminal court in which  an  off-hours  arraignment
     5  part  has  been established in accordance with paragraph (w) of subdivi-
     6  sion one of section two hundred twelve of the judiciary law may  preside
     7  as  the justice of his or her court anywhere in the county in which such
     8  local criminal court is located for the limited purpose of presiding  in
     9  such  off-hours  arraignment  part  and  conducting only the proceedings
    10  specified in paragraph (w) of subdivision one  of  section  two  hundred
    11  twelve of the judiciary law.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11921-01-7
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