Bill Text: NY A04880 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to certificates to a charitable bail organization to deposit money as bail under certain circumstances.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-20 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE [A04880 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A04880-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4880--A Cal. No. 348 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 3, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BLAKE, LENTOL, HARRIS, LIFTON, MOSLEY, HYNDMAN, SEPULVEDA, L. ROSENTHAL, SIMON, JAFFEE, CARROLL, GLICK, JEAN-PIERRE, AUBRY, STECK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to charitable bail organ- izations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subsection (a) and subsection (b) of section 2 6805 of the insurance law, as added by chapter 181 of the laws of 2012, 3 are amended to read as follows: 4 (4) A charitable bail organization certificate shall be valid for a 5 term of five years from issuance. At the time of application for every 6 such certificate, [and for every renewal thereof,] an applicant shall 7 pay to the superintendent a sum of [one thousand] five hundred dollars 8 payable each term or fraction of a term, provided, however, that in his 9 or her discretion, the superintendent may waive such fee. 10 (b) A charitable bail organization shall: 11 (1) only deposit money as bail in the amount of [two] ten thousand 12 dollars or less for a defendant charged with one or more [misdemeanors] 13 offenses, as defined in subdivision one of section 10.00 of the penal 14 law, provided, however, that such organization shall not execute as 15 surety any bond for any defendant; 16 (2) only deposit money as bail on behalf of a person who is financial- 17 ly unable to post bail, which may constitute a portion or the whole 18 amount of such bail; and 19 (3) [only deposit money as bail in one county in this state. Provided,20however, that a charitable bail organization whose principal place ofEXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09733-03-8A. 4880--A 2 1business is located within a city of a million or more may deposit money2as bail in the five counties comprising such city; and3(4)] not charge a premium or receive compensation for acting as a 4 charitable bail organization. 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend- 6 ments to subsection (b) of section 6805 of the insurance law made by 7 section one of this act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it 8 shall have become a law.