Senate Bill S449

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires notification to victims upon the conditional release of an inmate convicted of a crime against a member of the same family or household

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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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2015-S449 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง259-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S600
2011-2012: S1966
2013-2014: S1481
2017-2018: S1186

2015-S449 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state board of parole to provide notification to victims upon the conditional release of an inmate convicted of a crime against a member of the same family or household.

2015-S449 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S449 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   449

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime
  and Correction

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive  law,  in relation to notification of
  certain persons upon the conditional release of an inmate convicted of
  a crime against a member of the same family or household

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

  Section  1.    Subdivision 2 of section 259-c of the executive law, as
amended by section 38-b of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  2. have the power and duty of determining the conditions of release of
the person who may be presumptively released, conditionally released  or
subject  to  a period of post-release supervision under an indeterminate
or determinate sentence of imprisonment. WHERE AN INMATE  TO  BE  CONDI-
TIONALLY  RELEASED  WAS  CONVICTED OF A CRIME AND THE VICTIM IS OR WAS A
MEMBER OF THE SAME FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD AS THE INMATE  IT  SHALL  BE  THE
DUTY  OF  THE BOARD AT LEAST ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE RELEASE TO NOTIFY THE
VICTIM OR VICTIMS OF SUCH OFFENSE, UNLESS THE VICTIM REFUSES OR  HIS  OR
HER  WHEREABOUTS  ARE  UNKNOWN, THAT THE INMATE IS BEING RELEASED AND OF
THE CONDITIONS OF SUCH RELEASE. SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL BE SENT BY ELEC-
TRONIC MAIL WHEN THE ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS OF THE VICTIM OR VICTIMS IS
AVAILABLE, AND WHEN IT IS NOT, BY  CERTIFIED  MAIL  TO  THE  LAST  KNOWN
ADDRESS  OF  THE  VICTIM  OR VICTIMS. WHEN SUCH ADDRESS IS A SHELTER FOR
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE NOTICE SHALL ALSO BE GIVEN TO THE DIRECTOR  OR
ADMINISTRATOR  OF  SUCH  SHELTER.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,
"MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD" SHALL MEAN THE FOLLOWING:
  (A) PERSONS RELATED BY CONSANGUINITY OR AFFINITY;
  (B) PERSONS LEGALLY MARRIED TO ONE ANOTHER;
  (C) PERSONS FORMERLY MARRIED TO ONE ANOTHER;

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

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