Bill Text: NY A09610 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to certificates to a charitable bail organization to deposit money as bail under certain circumstances.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-22 - ordered to third reading rules cal.321 [A09610 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9610

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 27, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. BLAKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes

        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,
    20  however, that a charitable bail organization whose  principal  place  of
    21  business is located within a city of a million or more may deposit money
    22  as bail in the five counties comprising such city; and
    23    (4)]  not  charge  a  premium  or receive compensation for acting as a
    24  charitable bail organization.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the  amend-
    26  ments  to  subsection  (b)  of section 6805 of the insurance law made by
    27  section one of this act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after  it
    28  shall have become a law.

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