Senate Bill S8417

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting good behavior allowances for certain felony offenses

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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-S8417 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §803, Cor L; amd §§70.08 & 70.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1986
2013-2014: S4445
2015-2016: S1457
2017-2018: S232

2009-S8417 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting good behavior allowances for violent felony offenses.

2009-S8417 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S8417 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8417

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 30, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. GOLDEN, ALESI, BONACIC, DeFRANCISCO, FARLEY, FLANA-
  GAN, FUSCHILLO, GRIFFO, HANNON, O. JOHNSON,  LANZA,  LARKIN,  LAVALLE,
  LEIBELL,  LIBOUS,  LITTLE,  MARCELLINO,  MAZIARZ,  McDONALD, NOZZOLIO,
  PADAVAN, RANZENHOFER, ROBACH, SALAND, SEWARD, SKELOS, VOLKER,  WINNER,
  YOUNG  --  read  twice  and  ordered  printed,  and when printed to be
  committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the correction law and the penal  law,  in  relation  to
  prohibiting good behavior allowances for certain offenses and increas-
  ing penalties for certain violent felonies

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (c) of  subdivision  1  of  section  803  of  the
correction law, as added by chapter 3 of the laws of 1995, is amended to
read as follows:
  (c)  A  person  serving  a  determinate  sentence  of imprisonment may
receive time allowance against the term of his sentence  not  to  exceed
one-seventh  of the term imposed by the court; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT NO
PERSON CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT FELONY OFFENSE PURSUANT TO  SECTION  70.02
OF THE PENAL LAW SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR ALLOWANCES PURSUANT
TO THIS SECTION OR ANY OTHER SECTION OF LAW.
  S  2.  Subdivision  3  of section 70.08 of the penal law is amended by
adding a new paragraph (a-2) to read as follows:
  (A-2) WHERE THE PREDICATE VIOLENT FELONIES ARE AT  LEAST  CLASS  B  OR
ABOVE, A DEFENDANT CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A POLICE OFFICER
OR  A  PEACE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 120.11 OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE
SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION
70.00 OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S 3. Subdivision 5 of section 70.00 of the penal law,  as  amended  by
chapter 482 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  5.   Life  imprisonment  without  parole.  Notwithstanding  any  other
provision of law, a defendant sentenced  to  life  imprisonment  without
parole  shall  not  be  or  become  eligible  for  parole or conditional
release. For purposes of commitment and custody, other than  parole  and
conditional  release,  such sentence shall be deemed to be an indetermi-

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

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