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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8096
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       May 4, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred 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 Putnam
 
          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  amended by chapter 317 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read
     3  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,  Kings,  New  York,  Niagara,  Oneida,  Onondaga, Ontario, Orange,
    10  Putnam, Queens, Richmond, St. Lawrence, Tompkins, Chautauqua,  Cattarau-
    11  gus,   Clinton,  Essex,  Montgomery,  Rensselaer,  Warren,  Westchester,
    12  Suffolk, Herkimer or Franklin county, provided that the  chief  adminis-

    13  trator of the courts has authorized the use of electronic appearance and
    14  the  defendant, after consultation with counsel, consents on the record.
    15  Such consent shall be required at the commencement  of  each  electronic
    16  appearance to such electronic appearance.
    17    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, the
    18  amendments to subdivision 1 of section 182.20 of the criminal  procedure
    19  law  made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
    20  section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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