Bill Text: NY S07143 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to certificates to a charitable bail organization to deposit money as bail under certain circumstances.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-16 - PRINT NUMBER 7143A [S07143 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07143-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         7143--A

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 8, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  RIVERA,  GIANARIS,  JACKSON,  MAY, MYRIE, PARKER,
          RAMOS, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when
          printed  to  be  committed  to the Committee on Insurance -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to charitable bail organ-
          izations

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subsection  (b)  of section 6805 of the insurance law, as
     2  added by chapter 181 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
     3    (b) A charitable bail organization shall:
     4    (1) only deposit money as bail in the amount  of  [two]  ten  thousand
     5  dollars  or less for a defendant charged with one or more [misdemeanors]
     6  offenses, as defined in subdivision one of section 10.00  of  the  penal
     7  law,  provided,  however,  that  such  organization shall not execute as
     8  surety any bond for any defendant;
     9    (2) only deposit money as bail on behalf of a person who is financial-
    10  ly unable to post bail, which may constitute  a  portion  or  the  whole
    11  amount of such bail; and
    12    (3) [only deposit money as bail in one county in this state. Provided,
    13  however,  that  a  charitable bail organization whose principal place of
    14  business is located within a city of a million or more may deposit money
    15  as bail in the five counties comprising such city; and
    16    (4)] not charge a premium or receive  compensation  for  acting  as  a
    17  charitable bail organization.
    18    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    19  have become a law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05600-04-0