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Senate Bill S7302

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to preparation and distribution of the notification form for victims of violent felony offenses regarding a name change petition by the defendant

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2011-S7302 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง380.50, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S1210
2015-2016: S1744

2011-S7302 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of the department of corrections and community supervision in consultation with the director of the office of victim services to prepare and distribute the notification form for victims of violent felony offenses allowing them to demand to be informed regarding a name change petition by the defendant.

2011-S7302 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S7302 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7302

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 2, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation  to  preparation
  and distribution of the notification form for victims of violent felo-
  ny offenses regarding a name change petition by the defendant

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 380.50 of the  criminal  procedure
law,  as  amended by chapter 320 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read
as follows:
  6. Regardless of whether the victim requests to make a statement  with
regard to the defendant's sentence, where the defendant is sentenced for
a violent felony offense as defined in section 70.02 of the penal law or
a  felony  defined in article one hundred twenty-five of such law or any
of the following provisions of such law sections 130.25, 130.30, 130.40,
130.45, 255.25, 255.26, 255.27, article two hundred sixty-three, 135.10,
135.25, 230.05, 230.06, subdivision two of section 230.30 or 230.32, the
prosecutor shall, within sixty  days  of  the  imposition  of  sentence,
provide  the victim with a form, PREPARED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS  AND  COMMUNITY  SUPERVISION  IN
CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DIRECTOR  OF  THE OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICES, on
which the victim may indicate a demand to be informed of any petition to
change the name of such defendant.  Such forms shall  be  maintained  by
such  prosecutor.  Upon  receipt of a notice of a petition to change the
name of any such defendant,  pursuant  to  subdivision  two  of  section
sixty-two  of the civil rights law, the prosecutor shall promptly notify
the victim at the most current address or telephone number  provided  by
such  victim in the most reasonable and expedient possible manner of the
time and place such petition will be presented to the court.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14197-01-2

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