Allows justices of criminal courts in the county of Madison to preside in any court for the limited purposes of arraignments and appearance proceedings pursuant to a bench warrant.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5626
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 9, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the uniform justice court act, in relation to allowing
justices of criminal courts in the county of Madison to preside in any
court for the limited purposes of arraignments and appearance
proceedings pursuant to a bench warrant
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 106 of the uniform justice court act is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
3 12. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
4 a justice of a local criminal court situated in the county of Madison
5 may preside as the justice of his or her court anywhere in the county of
6 Madison for the limited purposes of arraignments and/or appearance
7 proceedings pursuant to a bench warrant, provided that such arraignments
8 and/or appearance proceedings are held in a courtroom wherever possible,
9 or other suitable facility open to the public, and provided further that
10 any municipality providing such facilities shall have consented to such
11 usage.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11409-01-9
