Novakhov, DiPietro, McDonough, DeStefano, Angelino, Hawley, Flood, Giglio JM
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Add §837-x, Exec L
Requires the department of criminal justice services to monitor desk appearance tickets and report on the rate which principals appear in court on such tickets.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A6279
SPONSOR: Brown K TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the depart-
ment of criminal justice services to monitor desk appearance tickets and
report on the rate which principals appear in court on such tickets
PURPOSE:
Requires the department of criminal justice services to monitor desk
appearance tickets and report on the rate which principals appear in
court on such tickets.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1: The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-x.
Section 2: Identifies effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
The Bail Reform Law of 2020 dramatically changed the criminal justice
system to create offenses that are not bail eligible and, instead, a
desk appearance ticket is issued by the arresting officer. During the
Joint Legislative Budget hearings, the Commissioner of department of
criminal justice services indicated that no data is collected unless the
criminal defendant is fingerprinted. Therefore, the state has no way of
knowing if an.individual who is issued a Desk Appearance Ticket appears
in court to answer the charges brought against them and the frequency of
same to determine if the reform measures are working properly. This bill
would require the department of criminal justice services to monitor
desk appearance tickets and report on the rate which principals appear
in court on such tickets.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6279
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 3, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the depart-
ment of criminal justice services to monitor desk appearance tickets
and report on the rate which principals appear in court on such tick-
ets
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-x
2 to read as follows:
3 § 837-x. Desk appearance ticket report. The commissioner shall annual-
4 ly submit to the governor and the legislature and post to the depart-
5 ment's website a report regarding desk appearance tickets for the previ-
6 ous year. This report shall be both statewide and disaggregated by
7 county and shall include, but not be limited to, the number of desk
8 appearance tickets issued, the number of principals who did not appear
9 in court after being issued a desk appearance ticket, and the ratio of
10 desk appearance tickets issued to principals who did not appear in court
11 after being issued a desk appearance ticket.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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