Denies bail for persons charged with driving while intoxicated in certain instances resulting in the death of another person.

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A2904-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: referred to codes
• Jan 21, 2011: referred to codes

A2904-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                    2904

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                              January 21, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GABRYSZAK  --  read once and referred to the
    Committee on Codes

  AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the denial of
    bail for persons charged with driving  while  intoxicated  in  certain
    instances

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of  section  530.20  of  the
  criminal  procedure  law, as amended by chapter 531 of the laws of 1975,
  is amended to read as follows:

    (a)  A city court, a town court or  a  village  court  may  not  order
  recognizance  or  bail  when (i) the defendant is charged with a class A
  felony, [or] (ii) it appears that the defendant has two previous  felony
  convictions  OR  (III)  THE  DEFENDANT  IS  CHARGED  WITH A VIOLATION OF
  SECTION 125.12 OF THE PENAL LAW;
    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.





   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD07775-01-1