Assembly Actions -
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Mar 12, 2010 |
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Assembly Bill A10252
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SCARBOROUGH
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A10252 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A10252 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A10252 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law and the state finance law, in relation to establishing a juvenile justice smart investment program for the purpose of reducing juvenile justice placements through program modifications and services PURPOSE OF THE BILL: To reinvest savings from reduced reliance on juve- nile justice facilities in the Juvenile Justice Smart Investment Program. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends the execu- tive law allowing for savings from the reduced costs of maintaining juvenile justice facilities in the juvenile justice smart investment program. The fund can only be used to fund programs and services for youth which avert institutional placements. Section 2 is the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: The Governor's Task Force on Juvenile Justice report recommends that savings from juvenile justice facility closures be rein- vested in the juvenile justice system, where it can be utilized to address the needs of those same children. Many of the youth who are placed in juvenile justice facilities are not there because they repre- sent a risk to public safety indeed, the majority of these youth have been convicted of misdemeanor offenses. These youth have been placed in
2009-A10252 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10252 I N A S S E M B L Y March 12, 2010 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SCARBOROUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the executive law and the state finance law, in relation to establishing a juvenile justice smart investment program for the purpose of reducing juvenile justice placements through program modifications and services THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 531-a to read as follows: S 531-A. THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SMART INVESTMENT PROGRAM. 1. THERE IS HEREBY CREATED A JUVENILE JUSTICE SMART INVESTMENT PROGRAM. FUNDS FOR THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SMART INVESTMENT PROGRAM SHALL BE APPROPRIATED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-NINE-T OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW. AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED TO THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SMART INVESTMENT PROGRAM PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OR SECTION NINETY-NINE-T OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES WHICH SHALL ONLY USE SUCH APPROPRIATIONS TO FUND PROGRAMS OR SERVICES THAT SEEK TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF JUVENILE JUSTICE PLACEMENTS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OR FOUR OF SECTION 353.3 OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT, OR JUVENILE DETENTION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE. SUCH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS SUCH AS EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS OR SERVICES THAT PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES, OR SEEK TO DIVERT YOUTH FROM DETENTION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE OR RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENT WITH THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OR FOUR OF SECTION 353.3 OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT. S 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-t to read as follows: S 99-T. THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SMART INVESTMENT PROGRAM ACCOUNT. 1. THERE IS HEREBY CREATED A MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SMART INVESTMENT PROGRAM ACCOUNT. THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SMART INVESTMENT PROGRAM ACCOUNT IS ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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