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A06930 Summary:

BILL NO	A06930
SAME AS	No same as
SPONSOR	Dinowitz
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd S190.32, CP L
Permits the videotaped examination of certain elderly special witnesses in grand jury proceedings where such witness possesses a restricted capacity to either ambulate or focus attention of specific events.

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A06930 Actions:

BILL NO	A06930
03/17/2009	referred to codes
01/06/2010	referred to codes

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A06930 Floor Votes:

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A06930 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6930
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 17, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Codes
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to permitting
          the videotaped examination of certain  elderly  special  witnesses  in
          grand jury proceedings
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-

        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of  paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  1  of
     2  section  190.32 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 320
     3  of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (i) Unable to attend and testify in person in the grand jury  proceed-
     5  ing  because  the person is [either] physically ill [or], incapacitated,
     6  or elderly and possesses a restricted capacity  to  either  ambulate  or
     7  adequately focus attention on specific events or occurrences; or
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10313-01-9

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