The New York City Council - File #: Int 0944-2018

• File #: Int 0944-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Requiring the dept of correction to notify inmates, defense attorneys, and court personnel when an inmate is detained solely on a bail amount of one dollar.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 5/23/2018
• In control: Committee on Criminal Justice
• On agenda: 5/23/2018
• Final action: 5/10/2019
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of correction to notify incarcerated individuals and their legal representatives when an incarcerated individual is held solely due to a bail amount of less than $10
• Sponsors: Rory I. Lancman, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Helen K. Rosenthal, Vanessa L. Gibson, Brad S. Lander, Laurie A. Cumbo, Diana I. Ayala, Ben Kallos, Costa G. Constantinides, Robert F. Holden, Carlina Rivera

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/10/2019	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
5/9/2019	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
4/9/2019	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
4/9/2019	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
4/9/2019	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Hearing Held by Committee
4/9/2019	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Hearing Held by Committee
4/9/2019	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Amendment Proposed by Comm
4/9/2019	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Amendment Proposed by Comm
4/9/2019	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Amended by Committee
4/9/2019	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Amended by Committee
4/9/2019	A	Committee on Criminal Justice	Approved by Committee	Pass
12/3/2018	*	Committee on Justice System	Laid Over by Committee
12/3/2018	*	Committee on Justice System	Laid Over by Committee
12/3/2018	*	Committee on Justice System	Hearing Held by Committee
12/3/2018	*	Committee on Justice System	Hearing Held by Committee
12/3/2018	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Laid Over by Committee
12/3/2018	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Laid Over by Committee
12/3/2018	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Hearing Held by Committee
12/3/2018	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Hearing Held by Committee
5/23/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
5/23/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
5/23/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
5/23/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 944-A

By Council Members Lancman, Ampry-Samuel, Rosenthal, Gibson, Lander, Cumbo, Ayala, Kallos, Constantinides, Holden and Rivera

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of correction to notify incarcerated individuals and their legal representatives when an incarcerated individual is held solely due to a bail amount of less than $10
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Section 9-150 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 125 for the year 2017, is amended to read as follows:
? 9-150 Bail facilitation.
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Bail facilitator. The term "bail facilitator" means a person or persons whose duties include explaining to eligible [inmates] incarcerated individuals how to post bail or bond, explaining the fees that may be collected by bail bonds companies, taking reasonable steps to communicate directly with or facilitate [inmate] such individual's communication with possible sureties, and taking any other reasonable measures to assist [inmates] such individuals in posting bail or bond.
Eligible [inmate] incarcerated individual. The term ["eligible inmate"] "eligible incarcerated individual" means a person in the custody of the department held only on bail or bond.
Institutional defense provider. The term "institutional defense provider" means any private institutional legal services organization selected in accordance with section 13-02 of title 43 of the rules of the city of New York to represent indigent persons, or any successor provision thereto.
a. Within 24 hours of taking custody of an eligible [inmate] incarcerated individual, the department shall provide to such [inmate] individual the following information in written form: (i) the [inmat...