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S4336Senate2013-2014 SessionSame asA7073

Relates to the location of presiding judge at arraignment, appearance proceedings and pursuant to a warrant

Sponsor Catharine YoungSD-57+4 co-sponsorsAffects Legal
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In Assembly Committee
Judiciary
Impact
Pending
Passage
Pending

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Catharine Young

Senator · Senate District 57

Chair, Housing, Construction And Community Development

History

  1. Referred to judiciary
  2. Delivered to assembly
  3. Passed senateVote 58–0
  4. Advanced to third reading
  5. 2nd report cal.
  6. 1st report cal.79
  7. Referred to judiciary
  8. Returned to senate
  9. Died in assembly
  10. Referred to judiciary
  11. Delivered to assembly
  12. Passed senateVote 61–1
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  1. Advanced to third reading
  2. 2nd report cal.
  3. 1st report cal.1018
  4. Referred to judiciary

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A7073Assembly

Relates to the location of presiding judge at arraignment, appearance proceedings and pursuant to a warrant

In Assembly Committee · Judiciary · Sponsor Sandy Galef

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Sponsor's memo

BILL NUMBER:S4336

Title of bill

An act to amend the uniform justice court act, in relation to the location of the presiding justice in certain circumstances

Purpose

Relates to the location of presiding judge at arraignment, appearance proceedings and pursuant to a warrant

Summary of provisions

Section 1. Amends section 106 of the uniform justice court act to provide that for purposes of arraignments, appearance proceedings or pursuant to warrant, a town or village justice may preside anywhere in the county given specified conditions.

Section 2. Effective Date

Justification

Currently, a justice from a town where a misdemeanor offense occurs is called first, and if he/she is not available, police are limited to a justice from a contiguous municipality. In some instances, this has not provided an appropriate fail safe for timely arraignments. In fact, it has been reported, that on occasion, town justices were unavailable or unable to respond to police requests to perform arraignment. This not only leads to court inefficiencies but also consumes the time of law enforcement while waiting for a justice to be located to arraign the perpetrator.

In general, informal agreements are utilized to make sure that a justice is available at all times, however, this has not proven to be reliable in some instances. This bill allows the chief administrator of the courts to create a formal emergency plan that would include a system of backup justices available when all other options have been exhausted.

Legislative history

S. 6665 of 2012: Referred to Judiciary

Fiscal implications

None.

Effective date

This act shall take effect immediately.

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