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                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 10, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. McKEVITT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend the family court act, the domestic relations law, the
  executive law and the penal law, in relation  to  fees  for  probation
  services

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

  Section 1.  Section 424 of the family court act is amended by adding a
new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
  4. WHEN A LOCAL PROBATION SERVICE PROVIDES SERVICES TO PERSONS ORDERED
TO PAY SUPPORT SEEKING TO MODIFY SUCH ORDERS, THE COURT SHALL IMPOSE  AN
INVESTIGATION  REPORT FEE UNLESS A WAIVER IS GRANTED PURSUANT TO SECTION
TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO-A OF THIS ACT.
  S 2. Section 653 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 580 of
the laws of 1966, is amended to read as follows:
  S 653. Rules of court. Rules of court, not inconsistent with any  law,
may authorize the probation service to interview such persons and obtain
such data as will aid the court in determining a habeas corpus or custo-
dy proceeding under section six hundred fifty-one OF THIS PART.  WHENEV-
ER  A COURT ORDERS THE PROBATION SERVICE TO INTERVIEW PERSONS AND OBTAIN
DATA TO AID THE COURT IN DETERMINING HABEAS CORPUS AND CUSTODY THE COURT
SHALL IMPOSE A FEE.
  S 3. Section 750 of the family court act is amended by  adding  a  new
subdivision 3 to read as follows:
  3.  THE  COURT  SHALL  IMPOSE  A  FEE FOR REPORTS PREPARED PURSUANT TO
SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF THIS SECTION, UNLESS A WAIVER IS GRANTED DUE
TO THE INDIGENCY OF THE YOUTH AND HIS FAMILY.
  S 4. Subdivision 4 of section 115-d of the domestic relations law,  as
amended  by  chapter  230  of  the  laws  of 2004, is amended to read as
follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11039-01-1

              

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  4. A pre-placement investigation conducted pursuant to the  provisions
of this section shall be made by a disinterested person who in the opin-
ion of the judge or surrogate is qualified by training and experience to
examine  into the allegations set forth in the application and any other
factors  which  may  be  relevant to the suitability of the applicant or
applicants as a qualified adoptive parent or parents. For  the  purposes
of  this  section,  a disinterested person shall also include a licensed
master social worker, licensed clinical  social  worker,  the  probation
service  of the family court or an authorized agency specifically desig-
nated by the court to conduct  pre-placement  investigations.    IN  ANY
INSTANCE  WHERE  THE  PROBATION  SERVICE OF THE FAMILY COURT CONDUCTS AN
INVESTIGATION THE COURT SHALL IMPOSE A FEE UNLESS A WAIVER IS GRANTED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO-A OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT.
  S 5. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  246-a  to
read as follows:
  S  246-A.  REIMBURSEMENT  FOR  PROBATION  SERVICES.  1.  A  PERSON WHO
RECEIVES A SENTENCE OF PROBATION, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SIXTY-FIVE OF  THE
PENAL  LAW,  IS  CHARGEABLE  WITH  REIMBURSEMENT TO THE COUNTY PROBATION
SERVICES OR TO THE PROBATION SERVICES OF NEW YORK CITY OF THE COUNTY  OR
CITY  WHICH  HAS  SUPERVISION OVER SUCH PERSON; PROVIDED HE OR SHE IS OF
SUFFICIENT MEANS OR ABLE TO EARN SUCH MEANS. REIMBURSEMENT  PAYMENTS  OF
SUCH REIMBURSEMENT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE PAYABLE MONTHLY AND
SHALL  BE  A  MINIMUM  OF SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS BUT SHALL NOT EXCEED THAT
AMOUNT ACTUALLY EXPENDED FOR PROVISION OF SUCH PROBATION SERVICES  BY  A
COUNTY  OR  CITY DURING THE PERIOD THE PROBATIONER IS ON PROBATION.  THE
SENTENCING COURT MAY MODIFY SUCH REIMBURSEMENT PURSUANT TO AN ADJUSTABLE
SCALE AS A CONDITION OF PROBATION AFTER CONSIDERATION  OF  ALL  RELEVANT
FACTORS, INCLUDING THE PROBATIONER'S:
  (A) FINANCIAL RESOURCES, ASSETS AND EXPENSES,
  (B) HEALTH,
  (C) AGE,
  (D) CURRENT CHILD SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE COURT ORDERS,
  (E)  OUTSTANDING  COURT ORDERED FINES OR RESTITUTION OR CURRENT INCOME
EXECUTIONS OR INCOME DEDUCTION ORDERS, AND
  (F) ANY OTHER FACTOR WHICH THE COURT SHALL EXPRESSLY FIND TO  BE  JUST
AND PROPER.
  2.  THE  SENTENCING  COURT SHALL ORDER PAYMENT OF REIMBURSEMENT BY THE
PROBATIONER, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, TO  THE  LOCAL
PROBATION SERVICES HAVING SUPERVISION OVER SUCH PERSON.
  3.  FEES  ORDERED PAID PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE PAID DIRECTLY
TO THE LOCAL PROBATION DEPARTMENT. MONIES COLLECTED  SHALL  BE  RETAINED
AND  UTILIZED  TO  ENHANCE  LOCAL  PROBATION  SERVICES, AND SHALL NOT BE
CONSIDERED BY THE DIVISION  OF  PROBATION  WHEN  DETERMINING  STATE  AID
REIMBURSEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED FORTY-SIX OF THIS ARTICLE.
FEES  COLLECTED  SHALL  NOT  BE  USED  TO REPLACE FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDS
OTHERWISE UTILIZED FOR PROBATION SERVICES.
  S 6.  Subdivision 3 of section 65.10 of the penal law,  paragraph  (b)
as  amended by section 8 of part D of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010 and
paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 270 of the laws of 1980, is  amended
to read as follows:
  3.  Conditions  relating  to  supervision. When imposing a sentence of
probation the court, in addition to any conditions imposed  pursuant  to
subdivision  two  of  this  section,  shall require as conditions of the
sentence, that the defendant:

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  (a) Report to a probation officer as directed  by  the  court  or  the
probation  officer  and permit the probation officer to visit him at his
place of abode or elsewhere;
  (b) Remain within the jurisdiction of the court unless granted permis-
sion  to  leave by the court or the probation officer. Where a defendant
is granted permission to move or travel outside the jurisdiction of  the
court, the defendant shall sign a written waiver of extradition agreeing
to  waive  extradition proceedings where such proceedings are the result
of the issuance of a warrant by the court pursuant to subdivision two of
section 410.40 of  the  criminal  procedure  law  based  on  an  alleged
violation  of probation. Where any county or the city of New York incurs
costs associated with the return of any probationer based on  the  issu-
ance  of  a  warrant by the court pursuant to subdivision two of section
410.40 of the criminal procedure law, the jurisdiction may  collect  the
reasonable and necessary expenses involved in connection with his or her
transport,  from  the  probationer;  provided that where the sentence of
probation is not revoked pursuant to  section  410.70  of  the  criminal
procedure law no such expenses may be collected.
  (c) Answer all reasonable inquiries by the probation officer and noti-
fy   the   probation   officer   prior  to  any  change  in  address  or
employment[.]; AND
  (D) PAY A FEE FOR PROBATION SERVICES PURSUANT TO SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED
FORTY-SIX-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
  S  7.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.