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A2585Assembly2017-2018 Session

Expand Death Investigation Authority

Official title

“Relates to the jurisdiction of a coroner or medical examiner”

Sponsor J. Gary PretlowAD-89Affects Local Government
Status
In Senate Committee
Local Government
Impact
3/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

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In Senate · Local Government

What's happening

This bill gives coroners or medical examiners in any county with jurisdiction over a crime concurrent authority to investigate related deaths.

Why it matters

  1. Enhances investigative capacity in cases of crime-related deaths. by allowing multiple counties’ coroners or medical examiners to have authority, which can be crucial when crimes and resulting deaths cross county lines.

  2. Reduces potential jurisdictional disputes. between counties, helping to ensure that investigations into suspicious deaths are not delayed by questions over which county has authority.

  3. May improve the thoroughness and speed of death investigations. in complex cases—such as those involving organized crime, kidnapping, or transportation of victims—by involving all relevant local officials from the outset.

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Expand Death Investigation Authority

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
J. Gary Pretlow

Assembly Member · Assembly District 89

Chair, Ways and Means

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History

  1. Referred to local government
  2. Delivered to senate
  3. Passed assembly
  4. Ordered to third reading cal.206
  5. Returned to assembly
  6. Died in senate
  7. Referred to local government
  8. Delivered to senate
  9. Passed assembly
  10. Ordered to third reading rules cal.50
  11. Rules report cal.50
  12. Reported
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  1. Reported referred to rules
  2. Reported referred to codes
  3. Referred to local governments

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

2585

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 20, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to the jurisdiction of a coroner or medical examiner

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 673 of the county law is renumbered subdivision 3 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, if it appears that death may have resulted from a crime, the coroner or medical examiner in any county with geographic jurisdiction of such crime pursuant to section 20.40 of the criminal procedure law shall have concurrent jurisdiction and authority to investigate the death.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD04433-01-7

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