New York legal term
Simplified environmental conservation information in New York Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New York legislative session
In New York criminal law, “Simplified environmental conservation information” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the New York criminal code.
What does “Simplified environmental conservation information” mean in New York criminal law?
"Simplified environmental conservation information" means a written accusation by a police officer, or other public servant authorized by law to issue same, filed with a local criminal court, which being in a brief or simplified form prescribed by the commissioner of environmental conservation, charges a person with one or more offenses, other than a felony, for which a uniform simplified environmental conservation simplified information may be issued pursuant to the environmental conservation law, and which may serve both to commence a criminal action for such offense and as a basis for prose (N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 1.20)
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