S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4416
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 5, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to providing funds
for the public defense backup center of the New York State Defenders
Association
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 and paragraph (d) of subdi-
vision 3 of section 98-b of the state finance law, paragraph (a) of
subdivision 2 as amended by section 1 of part W of chapter 55 of the
laws of 2012 and paragraph (d) of subdivision 3 as added by section 2 of
part E of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, are amended to read as
follows:
(a) The purpose of such fund shall be to (i) assist counties and, in
the case of a county wholly contained within a city, such city, in
providing legal representation for persons who are financially unable to
afford counsel pursuant to article eighteen-B of the county law; (ii)
assist the state, in improving the quality of public defense services
and funding representation provided by assigned counsel paid in accord-
ance with section thirty-five of the judiciary law; (iii) provide
support for the operations, duties, responsibilities and expenses of the
office of indigent legal services and the indigent legal services board
established, respectively, pursuant to sections eight hundred thirty-two
and eight hundred thirty-three of the executive law; (IV) PROVIDE FOR
SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF THE PUBLIC DEFENSE BACKUP CENTER OF THE NEW
YORK STATE DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION and [(iv)] (V) provide support for the
public defense backup center.
(d) AN ANNUAL AMOUNT OF THREE MILLION DOLLARS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE
TO THE NEW YORK STATE DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION FROM SUCH FUND FOR THE
SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF ITS PUBLIC DEFENSE BACKUP CENTER.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(E) Remaining amounts within such fund, after accounting for annual
payments required in paragraphs (a), (b) [and], (c) AND (D) of this
subdivision and subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision two
of this section shall be distributed in accordance with sections eight
hundred thirty-two and eight hundred thirty-three of the executive law.
S 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 98-b of the state
finance law, as amended by section 2 of part E of chapter 56 of the laws
of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The purpose of such fund shall be to (i) assist counties and, in
the case of a county wholly contained within a city, such city, in
providing legal representation for persons who are financially unable to
afford counsel pursuant to article eighteen-B of the county law; (ii)
assist the state, in improving the quality of public defense services
and funding representation provided by assigned counsel paid in accord-
ance with section thirty-five of the judiciary law; [and] (iii) provide
support for the operations, duties, responsibilities and expenses of the
office of indigent legal services and the indigent legal services board
established, respectively, pursuant to sections eight hundred thirty-two
and eight hundred thirty-three of the executive law; AND (IV) PROVIDE
FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF THE PUBLIC DEFENSE BACKUP CENTER OF THE NEW
YORK STATE DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION.
S 3. This act shall take effect April 1, 2013; provided however that
the amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 98-b of the
state finance law made by section one of this act shall be subject to
the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to section 4 of
part E of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, as amended, when upon such
date section two of this act shall take effect.