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Assembly Bill A7746

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the imposition of a consecutive sentence for convictions of crimes committed while an offender is in the custody of a correctional facility or local correctional facility; repealer

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2015-A7746 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §70.25, rpld §70.25 sub 5 ¶¶ (b) & (c), Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A4814
2019-2020: A5647

2015-A7746 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring the imposition of a consecutive sentence for convictions of crimes committed while an offender is in the custody of a correctional facility or local correctional facility.

2015-A7746 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7746

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 26, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GIGLIO, GRAF, MONTESANO, PALUMBO, LAWRENCE --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to consecutive sentences  for
  certain  offenders; and providing for the repeal of certain provisions
  of the penal law

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

  Section  1.  Section 70.25 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 6 to read as follows:
  6. WHEN A PERSON IS CONVICTED OF A CRIME COMMITTED WHILE IN THE CUSTO-
DY OF A  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  OR  LOCAL  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY,  ANY
SENTENCE  OF  IMPRISONMENT IMPOSED FOR SUCH CONVICTION SHALL RUN CONSEC-
UTIVELY TO ANY UNDISCHARGED TERM OF IMPRISONMENT TO WHICH THE  DEFENDANT
WAS  SUBJECT  AND  FOR  WHICH  HE OR SHE WAS CONFINED AT THE TIME OF THE
CONVICTION.
  S 2. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 5 of section 70.25  of  the
penal  law,  paragraph  (b) as added by chapter 372 of the laws of 1981,
are REPEALED.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11046-02-5

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