Bill Text: NY A04874 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the money deposited as bail by charitable bail organizations; removes maximum authorized amount of money allowed to be deposited by such organizations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to codes [A04874 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04874-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4874--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 24, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  KELLES,  CRUZ,  ZINERMAN,  LEVENBERG, AUBRY,
          EPSTEIN, GIBBS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to the money deposited as
          bail by charitable bail organizations

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subsection  (b)  of section 6805 of the insurance law, as
     2  added by chapter 181 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
     3    (b) A charitable bail organization shall:
     4    (1) only deposit money as bail [in the amount of two thousand  dollars
     5  or  less]  for  a  defendant  [charged  with  one or more misdemeanors],
     6  provided, however, that such organization shall not  execute  as  surety
     7  any bond for any defendant;
     8    (2) only deposit money as bail on behalf of a person who is financial-
     9  ly  unable  to  post  bail,  which may constitute a portion or the whole
    10  amount of such bail; and
    11    (3) [only deposit money as bail in one county in this state. Provided,
    12  however, that a charitable bail organization whose  principal  place  of
    13  business is located within a city of a million or more may deposit money
    14  as bail in the five counties comprising such city; and
    15    (4)]  not  charge  a  premium  or receive compensation for acting as a
    16  charitable bail organization.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09667-02-3