STATE OF NEW YORK
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8315
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 13, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to proceedings
against juvenile and adolescent offenders
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 722.20 of the criminal procedure
2 law, as added by section 1-a of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of
3 2017, is amended to read as follows:
4 1. When a juvenile offender is arraigned before a youth part, the
5 provisions of this section shall apply. If the youth part is not in
6 session, the defendant shall be brought before the most accessible
7 magistrate designated by the appellate division of the supreme court to
8 act as a youth part for the purpose of making a determination whether
9 such juvenile shall be detained or, with the consent of the district
10 attorney, immediately removed to family court. If the defendant is
11 ordered to be detained, he or she shall be brought before the next
12 session of the youth part. If the defendant is not detained, he or she
13 shall be ordered to appear at the next session of the youth part or the
14 family court.
15 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 722.21 of the criminal procedure law, as
16 added by section 1-a of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is
17 amended to read as follows:
18 1. When an adolescent offender is arraigned before a youth part, the
19 provisions of this section shall apply. If the youth part is not in
20 session, the defendant shall be brought before the most accessible
21 magistrate designated by the appellate division of the supreme court to
22 act as a youth part for the purpose of making a determination whether
23 such adolescent offender shall be detained or, with the consent of the
24 district attorney, immediately removed to family court. If the defendant
25 is ordered to be detained, he or she shall be brought before the next
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 session of the youth part. If the defendant is not detained, he or she
2 shall be ordered to appear at the next session of the youth part, family
3 court or the local probation department.
4 § 3. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
5 manner as section 1-a of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017,
6 takes effect.
