STATE OF NEW YORK
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7333--B
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 10, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL, MILLER, KELLNER, GOLDFEDER, WEPRIN,
AUBRY, ROZIC, GRAF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FARRELL -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accordance with
Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to providing
jurisdiction to Queens county for cases arising from Rikers Island
facilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 20.40 of the criminal procedure
2 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (n) to read as follows:
3 (n) An offense committed at Rikers Island facilities shall be prose-
4 cuted by Queens county.
5 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016, and shall apply to
6 prosecutions commenced on or after such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08700-08-4
