Provides for a program to transport persons subject to an outstanding warrant of arrest to the appropriate jurisdiction initially to include persons charged with a felony, and then to include persons charged with a class A misdemeanor except in those cases where the distance for travel is 50 miles or less; requires the division of state police, the division of criminal justice services and the office of court administration to coordinate a plan for the state assumption of the costs thereof, and makes other further refinements to existing and similar programs.
BILL NUMBER:A10897
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the
implementation of a special program to provide for the transportation of
persons subject to a warrant of arrest
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To amend the executive law, in
relation to the implementation of a special program to provide for the
transportation of persons subject to, a warrant of arrest.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
* The Violent Felon Warrant program would continue unchanged;
* Starting April 1, 2008 the state police would be responsible for
transporting suspects for Whom felony warrants have been issued from the
jurisdiction in which they are taken into custody to the jurisdiction
where the warrant was issued except in those cases where:the distance
the warrant issuing jurisdiction would need to travel to retrieve their
suspect would be less than 50 miles (round trip), in which case the
warrant issuing jurisdiction would be responsible for retrieval;
* During the period of time between the passage of this legislation and
April 1, 2006, the state police shall develop plans and policies for the
transport of such suspects. Such Plans shall include the development of
funding requirements, which would be appropriated in the 2002-2003 state
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10897
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 29, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. TEDISCO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
BACALLES, CALHOUN, J. MILLER, OAKS -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the implementation of
a special program to provide for the transportation of persons subject
to a warrant of arrest
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 221-e
to read as follows:
S 221-E. TRANSPORTATION OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO A WARRANT. 1. THE
VIOLENT FELON WARRANT PROGRAM AS PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED WITHIN THE DIVI-
SION OF STATE POLICE WHEREBY THE DIVISION PROVIDES FOR THE TRANSPORTA-
TION OF CERTAIN DEFENDANTS CHARGED WITH THE COMMISSION OF A VIOLENT
FELONY AND SUBJECT TO AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT OF ARREST, BENCH WARRANT OR
SUPERIOR COURT WARRANT OF ARREST, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION
1.20 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, IS FROM ONE JURISDICTION TO THE
JURISDICTION WHERE THE WARRANT IS OUTSTANDING IS HEREBY CONTINUED IN ITS
CURRENT FORM, AND IS ALSO EXTENDED TO INCLUDE THE REQUIREMENTS AND
DIRECTIVES CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION.
2. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE FURTHER EXPANDED ON AND AFTER APRIL FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN TO THE EXTENT THAT THE DIVISION SHALL BEAR THE
RESPONSIBILITY, UPON REQUEST OF THE APPROPRIATE POLICE DEPARTMENT, COURT
OR OTHER CRIMINAL JUSTICE ENTITY, TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF
PERSONS SUBJECT TO ANY SUCH WARRANT OF ARREST, BENCH WARRANT OR SUPERIOR
COURT WARRANT FOR ANY FELONY AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN THE CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE LAW FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHEREIN SUCH PERSON IS APPREHENDED
TO THE JURISDICTION WHERE THE WARRANT IS OUTSTANDING, PROVIDED HOWEVER
THAT SUCH RESPONSIBILITY SHALL ONLY APPLY WHERE THE DISTANCE FOR TRAVEL
IS MORE THAN FIFTY MILES. DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME COMMENCING WITH THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION AND TERMINATING MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
ELEVEN, THE DIVISION, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SERVICES AND THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION SHALL DEVELOP A
PLAN AND PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THE TIMELY IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SUBDIVI-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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