Bill Text: NY S00311 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that persons arrested for domestic violence forfeit bail when violating an order of protection.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-18 - referred to codes [S00311 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S00311-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           311
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 4, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- 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  providing
          that  persons  arrested  for domestic violence shall forfeit bail when
          violating an order of protection
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  criminal  procedure  law  is amended by adding a new
     2  section 510.25 to read as follows:
     3  § 510.25  Forfeiture  of  bail;  where  persons  arrested  for  domestic
     4             violence violate existing orders of protection.
     5    Any  individual arrested for an offense relating to domestic violence,
     6  as defined in section four hundred fifty-nine-a of the  social  services
     7  law, who violates an existing order of protection issued pursuant to the
     8  following provisions of law: subdivision one of section 530.11, subpara-
     9  graph (i) or (ii) of paragraph (o) of subdivision one of section 330.20,
    10  section  530.12  of this chapter, orders issued pursuant to sections two
    11  hundred forty and two hundred fifty-two of the domestic  relations  law,
    12  articles four, five, six and eight of the family court act, and an order
    13  of  protection  issued  by  courts  of competent jurisdiction in another
    14  state, territorial or tribal jurisdiction, shall forfeit any  bail  such
    15  individual has posted.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03044-01-7