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A08962 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8962
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 31, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Codes
 
        AN  ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to requiring an
          arrest by a police officer where there is evidence of a hate crime
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Section 140.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
     3    7. Notwithstanding any other provisions  of  this  section,  a  police
     4  officer  shall  arrest  a person, and shall not attempt to reconcile the
     5  parties or mediate, where such officer has reasonable cause  to  believe
     6  that a hate crime has been committed.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13319-01-3

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