Extends the required publishing date for the first annual report regarding the impact of laws pertaining to discovery in criminal cases to twenty-one months after the effective date of the section.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8451
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
November 17, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to extending the required
publishing date for the first annual report regarding the impact of
laws pertaining to discovery in criminal cases
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 216 of the judiciary law, as added
2 by section 4 of part HHH of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, is renum-
3 bered subdivision 6 and is amended to read as follows:
4 6. The chief administrator of the courts, in conjunction with the
5 division of criminal justice services, shall collect data and report
6 annually regarding the impact of article two hundred forty-five of the
7 criminal procedure law. Such data and report shall contain information
8 regarding the implementation of article two hundred forty-five of the
9 criminal procedure law, including procedures used to implement the arti-
10 cle, resources needed for implementation, information regarding cases
11 where discovery obligations are not met, and information regarding case
12 outcomes. The report shall be released publicly and published on the
13 websites of the office of court administration and the division of crim-
14 inal justice services. The first report shall be published [eighteen]
15 twenty-one months after the effective date of this [section]
16 subdivision, and shall include data from the first twelve months follow-
17 ing the [enactment of this section] effective date of this subdivision.
18 Reports for subsequent years shall be published annually thereafter.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13497-01-1
