Bill Text: NY A01823 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that if it appears that a death may have resulted from the commission of a crime, the coroner or medical examiner in any county with geographic jurisdiction over the crime shall have concurrent jurisdiction and authority to investigate the death.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-01-15 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [A01823 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A01823-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1823 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 17, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to the jurisdiction of a coroner or medical examiner The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 673 of the county law is renum- 2 bered subdivision 3 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows: 3 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, 4 if it appears that death may have resulted from a crime, the coroner or 5 medical examiner in any county with geographic jurisdiction of such 6 crime pursuant to section 20.40 of the criminal procedure law shall have 7 concurrent jurisdiction and authority to investigate the death. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05405-01-9
