STATE OF NEW YORK
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6980
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 2, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. BLAKE, ARROYO, AUBRY, BARRON, CARROLL, DICKENS,
D'URSO, GLICK, HYNDMAN, JAFFEE, JEAN-PIERRE, LAVINE, LENTOL, LIFTON,
MOSLEY, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON, STECK, TAYLOR, VANEL, L. ROSENTHAL --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, EPSTEIN, HEVESI, RAMOS, TITUS --
read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to charitable bail organ-
izations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subsection (a) and subsection (b) of section
2 6805 of the insurance law, as added by chapter 181 of the laws of 2012,
3 are amended to read as follows:
4 (4) A charitable bail organization certificate shall be valid for a
5 term of five years from issuance. At the time of application for every
6 such certificate, [and for every renewal thereof,] an applicant shall
7 pay to the superintendent a sum of [one thousand] five hundred dollars
8 payable each term or fraction of a term, provided, however, that in his
9 or her discretion, the superintendent may waive such fee.
10 (b) A charitable bail organization shall:
11 (1) only deposit money as bail in the amount of [two] ten thousand
12 dollars or less for a defendant charged with one or more [misdemeanors]
13 offenses, as defined in subdivision one of section 10.00 of the penal
14 law, provided, however, that such organization shall not execute as
15 surety any bond for any defendant;
16 (2) only deposit money as bail on behalf of a person who is financial-
17 ly unable to post bail, which may constitute a portion or the whole
18 amount of such bail; and
19 (3) [only deposit money as bail in one county in this state. Provided,
20 however, that a charitable bail organization whose principal place of
21 business is located within a city of a million or more may deposit money
22 as bail in the five counties comprising such city; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (4)] not charge a premium or receive compensation for acting as a
2 charitable bail organization.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
4 ments to subsection (b) of section 6805 of the insurance law made by
5 section one of this act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it
6 shall have become a law.
