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S00716 Summary:

BILL NO	S00716
SAME AS	SAME AS A01856
SPONSOR	GALLIVAN
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §660.20, CP L
Relates to the examination of witnesses.

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S00716 Actions:

BILL NO	S00716
01/09/2019	REFERRED TO CODES
01/08/2020	REFERRED TO CODES

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S00716 Committee Votes:

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S00716 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           716
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation  to  examination
          of witnesses
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 660.20 of the  criminal  procedure
     2  law is amended to read as follows:
     3    2.    Will not be amenable or responsive to legal process or available
     4  as a witness at a time when his testimony will be sought, either because
     5  he is:
     6    (a)  About to leave the state and not return for a substantial  period
     7  of time; or
     8    (b)  Physically ill or [incapacited.] incapacitated; or
     9    (c)  Of advanced age which, for the purposes of this subdivision shall
    10  mean a person who has attained the age of seventy-five years.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02724-01-9

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