STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4140

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 10, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  EICHENSTEIN -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law,  in  relation  to  including
          certain  violations  involving  the  use  of  a  firearm as qualifying
          offenses for the purpose of imposing bail

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

     1    Section  1.    Paragraph (u) of subdivision 4 of section 510.10 of the
     2  criminal procedure law, as added by section 2 of subpart B of part UU of
     3  chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (u) criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree as defined  in
     5  subdivision three of section 265.02 of the penal law or criminal sale of
     6  a  firearm  to  a minor as defined in section 265.16 of the penal law or
     7  any other crime in violation of article two hundred  sixty-five  of  the
     8  penal law involving the use of a machine-gun, firearm silencer, firearm,
     9  rifle,  shotgun,  disguised  gun,  ghost  gun or assault weapon, as such
    10  terms are defined in section 265.00 of the penal law.
    11    §  2.  Subparagraph (xxi) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section
    12  530.20 of the criminal procedure law, as added by section 4 of subpart C
    13  of part UU of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022,  is  amended  to  read  as
    14  follows:
    15    (xxi)  criminal  possession of a weapon in the third degree as defined
    16  in subdivision three of section 265.02 of the penal law or criminal sale
    17  of a firearm to a minor as defined in section 265.16 of the penal law or
    18  any other crime in violation of article two hundred  sixty-five  of  the
    19  penal law involving the use of a machine-gun, firearm silencer, firearm,
    20  rifle,  shotgun,  disguised  gun,  ghost  gun or assault weapon, as such
    21  terms are defined in section 265.00 of the penal law.
    22    §  3. Paragraph (u) of subdivision 4 of section 530.40 of the criminal
    23  procedure law, as added by section 4 of subpart B of part UU of  chapter
    24  56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (u)  criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree as defined in
     2  subdivision three of section 265.02 of the penal law or criminal sale of
     3  a firearm to a minor as defined in section 265.16 of the  penal  law  or
     4  any  other  crime  in violation of article two hundred sixty-five of the
     5  penal law involving the use of a machine-gun, firearm silencer, firearm,
     6  rifle,  shotgun,  disguised  gun,  ghost  gun or assault weapon, as such
     7  terms are defined in section 265.00 of the penal law.
     8    §  4. Paragraphs (a) and (e) of subdivision 2 of section 530.60 of the
     9  criminal procedure law, as amended by section 20 of part JJJ of  chapter
    10  59 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
    11    (a)  Whenever  in  the  course  of  a  criminal action or proceeding a
    12  defendant charged with the commission of a felony is  at  liberty  as  a
    13  result  of  an  order of recognizance, release under non-monetary condi-
    14  tions or bail issued pursuant to this article it shall  be  grounds  for
    15  revoking such order that the court finds reasonable cause to believe the
    16  defendant  committed  one  or  more  specified class A or violent felony
    17  offenses, or intimidated a victim or witness  in  violation  of  section
    18  215.15,  215.16  or  215.17  of  the penal law or committed any crime in
    19  violation of article two hundred sixty-five of the penal  law  involving
    20  the  use  of  a  machine-gun, firearm silencer, firearm, rifle, shotgun,
    21  disguised gun, ghost gun or assault weapon, as such terms are defined in
    22  section 265.00 of the penal law, while at liberty.
    23    (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a)  or  (b)  of  this
    24  subdivision  a defendant, against whom a felony complaint has been filed
    25  which charges the defendant with commission of  a  class  A  or  violent
    26  felony  offense, or violation of section 215.15, 215.16 or 215.17 of the
    27  penal law or violation of article two hundred sixty-five  of  the  penal
    28  law  involving  the  use  of  a  machine-gun, firearm silencer, firearm,
    29  rifle, shotgun, disguised gun, ghost gun  or  assault  weapon,  as  such
    30  terms are defined in section 265.00 of the penal law, committed while he
    31  was  at liberty as specified therein, may be committed to the custody of
    32  the sheriff pending a revocation hearing for  a  period  not  to  exceed
    33  seventy-two  hours. An additional period not to exceed seventy-two hours
    34  may be granted by the court upon application of  the  district  attorney
    35  upon  a showing of good cause or where the failure to commence the hear-
    36  ing was due to the defendant's request or  occurred  with  his  consent.
    37  Such  good  cause  must  consist of some compelling fact or circumstance
    38  which precluded conducting the hearing  within  the  initial  prescribed
    39  period.
    40    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.