STATE OF NEW YORK
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3059
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 27, 2021
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Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, GIANARIS, JACKSON, MAY, MYRIE, PARKER,
RAMOS, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
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. Subsection (b) of section 6805 of the insurance law, as
2 added by chapter 181 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
3 (b) A charitable bail organization shall:
4 (1) only deposit money as bail in the amount of [two] ten thousand
5 dollars or less for a defendant charged with one or more [misdemeanors]
6 offenses, as defined in subdivision one of section 10.00 of the penal
7 law, provided, however, that such organization shall not execute as
8 surety any bond for any defendant;
9 (2) only deposit money as bail on behalf of a person who is financial-
10 ly unable to post bail, which may constitute a portion or the whole
11 amount of such bail; and
12 (3) [only deposit money as bail in one county in this state. Provided,
13 however, that a charitable bail organization whose principal place of
14 business is located within a city of a million or more may deposit money
15 as bail in the five counties comprising such city; and
16 (4)] not charge a premium or receive compensation for acting as a
17 charitable bail organization.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
19 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07663-01-1
