Bill Text: NY A05592 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to grand jury proceedings and operation

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 21-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-18 - held for consideration in codes [A05592 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A05592-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5592
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 13, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. OAKS, ALFANO, BALL, BARRA, ERRIGO, KOLB, McDO-
         NOUGH, WALKER -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  BACALLES,  BUTLER,
         CALHOUN, DUPREY, FINCH, FITZPATRICK, JORDAN, MILLER, MOLINARO, O'MARA,
         QUINN,  RABBITT, SCOZZAFAVA, TOWNSEND -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation  to  grand  jury
         proceedings and operation
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 3 of  section  190.25  of  the
    2  criminal  procedure law, as separately amended by chapters 93 and 320 of
    3  the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (h) A social worker, rape crisis counselor, psychologist  [or  other],
    5  professional  [providing]  OR  OTHER  PERSON TO WHOM A CHILD WITNESS HAS
    6  INITIALLY DISCLOSED EVIDENCE CONCERNING A CRIME AS DEFINED IN THIS PARA-
    7  GRAPH, AND WHO PROVIDES emotional support  to  a  child  witness  twelve
    8  years  old  or  younger  who  is called to give evidence in a grand jury
    9  proceeding concerning a crime defined in  article  one  hundred  thirty,
   10  article  two  hundred  sixty,  section  120.10,  125.10, 125.15, 125.20,
   11  125.25, 125.26, 125.27, 255.25,  255.26  or  255.27  of  the  penal  law
   12  provided  that the district attorney consents. Such support person shall
   13  not provide the witness with an answer  to  any  question  or  otherwise
   14  participate  in  such proceeding and shall first take an oath before the
   15  grand jury that he or she will keep secret all matters before such grand
   16  jury within his or her knowledge.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   18  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.
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