STATE OF NEW YORK
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9334
IN SENATE
May 13, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. WALCZYK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to permitting
the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Oswego
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 182.20 of the criminal procedure
2 law, as separately amended by chapters 387 and 426 of the laws of 2023,
3 is amended to read as follows:
4 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided
5 in section 182.30 of this article, the court, in its discretion, may
6 dispense with the personal appearance of the defendant, except an
7 appearance at a hearing or trial, and conduct an electronic appearance
8 in connection with a criminal action pending in Albany, Bronx, Broome,
9 Erie, Jefferson, Kings, New York, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario,
10 Orange, Orleans, Oswego, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Saratoga,
11 St. Lawrence, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Clin-
12 ton, Essex, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Sullivan, Warren, Westchester,
13 Suffolk, Herkimer, Franklin, Chemung, Schuyler, or Yates county,
14 provided that the chief administrator of the courts has authorized the
15 use of electronic appearance and the defendant, after consultation with
16 counsel, consents on the record. Such consent shall be required at the
17 commencement of each electronic appearance to such electronic appear-
18 ance.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, the
20 amendments to subdivision 1 of section 182.20 of the criminal procedure
21 law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
22 section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13366-01-3
