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Senate Bill S600

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires notification to victims upon the conditional release of an inmate convicted of a crime against a member of the same family or household

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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2009-S600 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10046
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง259-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1966
2013-2014: S1481
2015-2016: S449
2017-2018: S1186

2009-S600 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state board of parole to provide notification to victims upon the conditional release of an inmate convicted of a crime against a member of the same family or household.

2009-S600 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S600 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   600

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime
  and Correction

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive  law,  in relation to notification of
  certain persons upon the conditional release of an inmate convicted of
  a crime against a member of the same family or household

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

  Section  1.    Subdivision 2 of section 259-c of the executive law, as
amended by section 7 of part E of chapter 62 of the  laws  of  2003,  is
amended to read as follows:
  2. have the power and duty of determining the conditions of release of
the  person who may be presumptively released, conditionally released or
subject to a period of post-release supervision under  an  indeterminate
or  determinate  sentence  of imprisonment. WHERE AN INMATE TO BE CONDI-
TIONALLY RELEASED WAS CONVICTED OF A CRIME AND THE VICTIM IS  OR  WAS  A
MEMBER  OF  THE  SAME  FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD AS THE INMATE IT SHALL BE THE
DUTY OF THE BOARD AT LEAST ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE RELEASE TO  NOTIFY  THE
VICTIM  OR  VICTIMS OF SUCH OFFENSE, UNLESS THE VICTIM REFUSES OR HIS OR
HER WHEREABOUTS ARE UNKNOWN, THAT THE INMATE IS BEING  RELEASED  AND  OF
THE  CONDITIONS  OF  SUCH  RELEASE.  SUCH  NOTIFICATION SHALL BE SENT BY
CERTIFIED MAIL TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF THE VICTIM OR VICTIMS.  WHEN
SUCH  ADDRESS  IS  A  SHELTER FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE NOTICE SHALL
ALSO BE GIVEN TO THE DIRECTOR OR  ADMINISTRATOR  OF  SUCH  SHELTER.  FOR
PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD"
SHALL MEAN THE FOLLOWING:
  (A) PERSONS RELATED BY CONSANGUINITY OR AFFINITY;
  (B) PERSONS LEGALLY MARRIED TO ONE ANOTHER;
  (C) PERSONS FORMERLY MARRIED TO ONE ANOTHER;
  (D) PERSONS WHO HAVE  A  CHILD  IN  COMMON,  REGARDLESS  WHETHER  SUCH
PERSONS HAVE BEEN MARRIED OR HAVE LIVED TOGETHER AT ANY TIME;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04947-01-9

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