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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9281
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      April 7, 2014
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LENTOL -- (at request of the Office of Court
          Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to setting  bail
          in city, town and village courts
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of  section  530.20  of  the
     2  criminal  procedure  law, as amended by chapter 531 of the laws of 1975,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    (a)  A city court, a town court or  a  village  court  may  not  order
     5  recognizance  or  bail  when (i) the defendant is charged with a class A
     6  felony, or (ii) it appears that the defendant has  two  previous  felony
     7  convictions  within  the  meaning of subdivision one of section 70.08 or
     8  70.10 of the penal law;
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall  apply  to  all
    10  criminal proceedings 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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