Senate Bill S7795

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Adopts the interstate compact for juveniles; repealer

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S7795 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld Chap 155 of 1955; add ยง501-e, Exec L

2009-S7795 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adopts the interstate compact for juveniles.

2009-S7795 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S7795 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7795

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 12, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. MONTGOMERY, DUANE, HUNTLEY, OPPENHEIMER, PARKER --
  (at request of the Office of Children and  Family  Services)  --  read
  twice  and  ordered  printed,  and when printed to be committed to the
  Committee on Children and Families

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the  adoption  of  the
  interstate  compact  for  juveniles  by  the state of New York; and to
  repeal chapter 155 of the laws of 1955 enacting the interstate compact
  on juveniles relating thereto

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Chapter  155 of the laws of 1955, enacting the interstate
compact on juveniles, is REPEALED.
  S 2. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  501-e  to
read as follows:
  S 501-E. INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES.  THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR
JUVENILES  IS  HEREBY  ENACTED  INTO LAW AND ENTERED INTO WITH ALL OTHER
JURISDICTIONS  LEGALLY  JOINING  THEREIN  IN  A  FORM  SUBSTANTIALLY  AS
FOLLOWS:

                   THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES
                                ARTICLE I
                                 PURPOSE
  THE  COMPACTING  STATES TO THIS INTERSTATE COMPACT RECOGNIZE THAT EACH
STATE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROPER SUPERVISION OR RETURN OF  JUVENILES,
DELINQUENTS  AND STATUS OFFENDERS WHO ARE ON PROBATION OR PAROLE AND WHO
HAVE ABSCONDED, ESCAPED OR RUN AWAY FROM SUPERVISION AND CONTROL AND  IN
SO  DOING HAVE ENDANGERED THEIR OWN SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS. THE
COMPACTING STATES ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT EACH STATE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR  THE
SAFE  RETURN  OF  JUVENILES  WHO HAVE RUN AWAY FROM HOME AND IN DOING SO
HAVE LEFT THEIR STATE OF RESIDENCE. THE COMPACTING STATES ALSO RECOGNIZE
THAT CONGRESS, BY ENACTING THE CRIME CONTROL ACT, 4 U.S.C.  SECTION  112
(1965),  HAS  AUTHORIZED AND ENCOURAGED COMPACTS FOR COOPERATIVE EFFORTS
AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN THE PREVENTION OF CRIME. IT IS THE  PURPOSE  OF

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15804-03-0
              

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