Bill Text: NY A05261 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Provides a mandatory jail sentence of thirty days for violations of family and non-family orders of protection and global positioning system monitoring for certain defendants.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to codes [A05261 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05261-Amended.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5261--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 14, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. MENG, WEISENBERG, SPANO -- Multi-Sponsored by --
         M. of A.  GOTTFRIED, PHEFFER -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
         tee  on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
         as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in  relation  to  orders  of
         protection for family and non-family offenses
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  Subdivision 11 of section 530.12 of the criminal procedure
    2  law, as amended by chapter 498 of the laws of 1993,  the  opening  para-
    3  graph  as  amended  by chapter 597 of the laws of 1998, paragraph (a) as
    4  amended by chapter 222 of the laws of 1994 and paragraph (d) as  amended
    5  by chapter 644 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
    6    11. If a defendant is brought before the court for failure to obey any
    7  lawful order issued under this section, or an order of protection issued
    8  by  a  court  of competent jurisdiction in another state, territorial or
    9  tribal jurisdiction, and if, after hearing, the court  is  satisfied  by
   10  competent proof that the defendant has willfully failed to obey any such
   11  order, the court [may] SHALL:
   12    (a)  revoke  an  order  of  recognizance or revoke an order of bail or
   13  order forfeiture of such bail and commit the defendant to custody FOR  A
   14  MINIMUM PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS; or
   15    (b)  restore  the case to the calendar when there has been an adjourn-
   16  ment in contemplation of dismissal and commit the defendant  to  custody
   17  FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS; or
   18    (c)  revoke  a conditional discharge in accordance with section 410.70
   19  of this chapter and impose probation supervision or impose a sentence of
   20  imprisonment in accordance with the penal  law  based  on  the  original
   21  conviction FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS; or
   22    (d) revoke probation in accordance with section 410.70 of this chapter
   23  and  impose  a sentence of imprisonment in accordance with the penal law
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05539-04-1
       A. 5261--A                          2
    1  based on the original conviction FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS. In
    2  addition, if the act which constitutes the violation  of  the  order  of
    3  protection  or  temporary  order of protection is a crime or a violation
    4  the defendant may be charged with and tried for that crime or violation.
    5    S 2. Section 530.12 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding
    6  a new subdivision 11-a to read as follows:
    7    11-A.  IN ADDITION TO THE PENALTIES SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF
    8  THIS SECTION, IF A DEFENDANT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF AN OFFENSE
    9  SET  FORTH  IN  TITLE  H OF PART THREE OF THE PENAL LAW, THE COURT SHALL
   10  ORDER THAT THE DEFENDANT BE EQUIPPED WITH A  GLOBAL  POSITIONING  SYSTEM
   11  DEVICE  WHICH  SHALL  RELIABLY MONITOR, TRACK AND LOCATE THE POSITION OF
   12  SUCH DEFENDANT. SUCH DEFENDANT SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH GLOBAL  POSI-
   13  TIONING DEVICE FOR THE DURATION OF SUCH TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION OR
   14  ANY RENEWAL THEREOF.
   15    S 3. Subdivision 8 of section 530.13 of the criminal procedure law, as
   16  added by chapter 388 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
   17    8.  If a defendant is brought before the court for failure to obey any
   18  lawful order issued under this section and if, after hearing, the  court
   19  is  satisfied by competent proof that the defendant has willfully failed
   20  to obey any such order, the court [may] SHALL:
   21    (a) revoke an order of recognizance or bail and commit  the  defendant
   22  to custody FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS; or
   23    (b)  restore  the case to the calendar when there has been an adjourn-
   24  ment in contemplation of dismissal and commit the defendant  to  custody
   25  [or  impose  or  increase  bail pending a trial of the original crime or
   26  violation] FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS; or
   27    (c) revoke a conditional discharge in accordance with  section  410.70
   28  of  this chapter and [impose probation supervision or] impose a sentence
   29  of imprisonment in accordance with the penal law based on  the  original
   30  conviction WHICH SHALL BE FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS; or
   31    (d) revoke probation in accordance with section 410.70 of this chapter
   32  and  impose  a sentence of imprisonment in accordance with the penal law
   33  based on the original conviction WHICH SHALL BE FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD  OF
   34  THIRTY DAYS.  In addition, if the act which constitutes the violation of
   35  the order of protection or temporary order of protection is a crime or a
   36  violation  the defendant may be charged with and tried for that crime or
   37  violation.
   38    S 4. Subdivision 9 of section 530.13 of the criminal procedure law, as
   39  renumbered by chapter 388 of the laws of 1984, is renumbered subdivision
   40  10 and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
   41    9. IN ADDITION TO THE PENALTIES SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF THIS
   42  SECTION, IF A DEFENDANT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF AN OFFENSE  SET
   43  FORTH  IN  TITLE H OF PART THREE OF THE PENAL LAW, THE COURT SHALL ORDER
   44  THAT THE DEFENDANT BE EQUIPPED WITH A GLOBAL POSITIONING  SYSTEM  DEVICE
   45  WHICH  SHALL  RELIABLY  MONITOR,  TRACK  AND LOCATE THE POSITION OF SUCH
   46  DEFENDANT. SUCH DEFENDANT SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH GLOBAL POSITIONING
   47  DEVICE FOR THE DURATION OF SUCH TEMPORARY ORDER  OF  PROTECTION  OR  ANY
   48  RENEWAL THEREOF.
   49    S  5.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
   50  have become a law.
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