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A07076 Summary:

BILL NO	A07076
SAME AS	No same as
SPONSOR	Saladino
COSPNSR	Finch
MLTSPNSR
Amd S600-a, Cor L
Provides that credit for time served shall not be granted to a defendant who has failed to appear at any time at the direction of the court; defendant shall have an opportunity to explain the absence; applies to sentences pronounced on and after such effective date.

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A07076 Actions:

BILL NO	A07076
05/01/2013	referred to correction
01/08/2014	referred to correction
06/02/2014	held for consideration in correction

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A07076 Floor Votes:

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A07076 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7076
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       May 1, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. SALADINO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Correction
 
        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to credit for jail time
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 

     1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 600-a  of  the  correction
     2  law is designated subdivision 1 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read
     3  as follows:
     4    2.  Credit for time served shall not be granted to a defendant who has
     5  failed to appear at any time at  the  direction  of  the  court  in  the
     6  proceeding.    The defendant will be given an opportunity to explain the
     7  reason for such failure to appear and may,  at  the  discretion  of  the
     8  court,  be  granted  a part or all of such time served if the failure to
     9  appear was beyond the control of the defendant.
    10    § 2. This act shall  take  effect  immediately,  and  shall  apply  to
    11  sentences pronounced on and after such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08246-01-3

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