Senate Bill S4271

                            
 
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                                   4271
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 7, 2017
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 Introduced  by  Sen. TEDISCO -- 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  correction law, in relation to reimbursement of
   inmate expenses of imprisonment
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 601-e
 to read as follows:
   §  601-E.  REIMBURSEMENT FOR COSTS OF IMPRISONMENT. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING
 ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE EXPENSE OF MAINTAINING INMATES
 IMPRISONED IN A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OPERATED BY THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL
 BE  UPON  THE INMATES ACCORDING TO THE SCHEDULE SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION
 TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   2. (A) THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE SHALL BE USED TO DETERMINE THE  PERCENT-
 AGE  OF THE EXPENSE OF MAINTAINING AN INMATE REQUIRED TO BE PAID BY SUCH
 INMATE:
   (I) AN INMATE WITH TOTAL ASSETS OF TWO  HUNDRED  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  OR
 MORE, ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF SUCH EXPENSE;
   (II) AN INMATE WITH TOTAL ASSETS OF ONE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
 OR  MORE  BUT  LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, EIGHTY PERCENT OF
 SUCH EXPENSE;
   (III) AN INMATE WITH TOTAL  ASSETS  OF  ONE  HUNDRED  TWENTY  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS  OR MORE BUT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, SIXTY
 PERCENT OF SUCH EXPENSE;
   (IV) AN INMATE WITH TOTAL ASSETS OF EIGHTY THOUSAND  DOLLARS  OR  MORE
 BUT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, FORTY PERCENT OF SUCH
 EXPENSE;
   (V)  AN INMATE WITH TOTAL ASSETS OF FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE BUT
 LESS THAN EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, TWENTY PERCENT OF SUCH EXPENSE; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06374-01-7
              

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   (VI) AN INMATE WITH TOTAL ASSETS OF LESS THAN FORTY THOUSAND  DOLLARS,
 ZERO PERCENT OF SUCH EXPENSE.
   (B)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "TOTAL ASSETS" SHALL
 NOT INCLUDE THE VALUE OF THE INMATE'S HOME OR ANY EQUITY IN SUCH HOME.
   3. THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND  DIRECTED  TO  PROMULGATE
 RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
 ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its  effective  date  is
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.