Senate Bill S1186

2017-2018 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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2017-S1186 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §259-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S600
2011-2012: S1966
2013-2014: S1481
2015-2016: S449

2017-S1186 (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.

2017-S1186 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1186 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1186
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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.
                                                            LBD05827-01-7
              

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