Bill Text: NY S04776 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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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 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-02 - NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED [S04776 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S04776-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4776--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 28, 2017
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        Introduced  by Sens. RIVERA, HAMILTON, KRUEGER, PARKER -- read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Insurance  --  recommitted to the Committee on Insurance in accordance
          with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        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

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09733-04-8
        S. 4776--A                          2

     1    (4)] not charge a premium or receive  compensation  for  acting  as  a
     2  charitable bail organization.
     3    §  2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
     4  ments to subsection (b) of section 6805 of the  insurance  law  made  by
     5  section  one of this act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it
     6  shall have become a law.