Assembly Bill A3277

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes the New York state justice reinvestment fund and program to provide not-for-profit and faith based entities with funding to improve certain communities; appropriation

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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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2015-A3277 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §99-w, St Fin L; add §844-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2226
2011-2012: A3294
2013-2014: A3497
2017-2018: A2913
2019-2020: A7041
2021-2022: A4462
2023-2024: A2112

2015-A3277 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the New York state justice reinvestment fund and program to provide not-for-profit and faith based entities with funding to improve communities with a higher than normal criminal offender and ex-offender population; appropriates $10,000,000 therefor.

2015-A3277 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3277

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES, CLARK, SCARBOROUGH -- Multi-Spon-
  sored  by -- M. of A.  GLICK, HEASTIE, LAVINE, ROBINSON, TITUS -- read
  once and referred to the Committee on Correction

AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the executive law, in relation
  to establishing the New York state justice reinvestment fund  and  the
  New  York  state justice reinvestment program; and making an appropri-
  ation therefor

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

  Section  1.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section
99-w to read as follows:
  S 99-W. NEW YORK STATE JUSTICE REINVESTMENT FUND. 1. THERE  IS  HEREBY
ESTABLISHED  IN  THE  JOINT  CUSTODY  OF  THE  STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE
COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AN ACCOUNT  TO
BE KNOWN AS THE NEW YORK STATE JUSTICE REINVESTMENT FUND.
  2.  SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONEYS APPROPRIATED FOR THE PURPOSE
OF SUCH FUND, ALL OTHER MONEYS CREDITED  OR  TRANSFERRED  TO  SUCH  FUND
PURSUANT  TO  LAW, ALL MONEYS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
OR ANY OTHER LAW TO BE PAID INTO OR  CREDITED  TO  SUCH  FUND,  AND  ALL
MONEYS RECEIVED BY THE FUND OR DONATED TO IT.
  3.  MONEYS OF SUCH FUND SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR APPROPRIATION AND ALLO-
CATION TO THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL  JUSTICE  SERVICES  FOR  PURPOSES  OF
DISTRIBUTING  SUCH  MONEYS  TO  QUALIFIED ENTITIES OF THE NEW YORK STATE
JUSTICE  REINVESTMENT  PROGRAM  PURSUANT  TO   SECTION   EIGHT   HUNDRED
FORTY-FOUR-C OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
  4.  MONEYS  SHALL  BE  PAID  OUT ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF THE COMP-
TROLLER ON VOUCHERS CERTIFIED OR APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF  CRIMI-
NAL JUSTICE SERVICES.
  S  2.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 844-c to
read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01221-01-5

              

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