Senate Bill S5358

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition of qualified agencies

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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-S5358 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7720
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §835, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S8229, A11602
2011-2012: S3269, A7857
2013-2014: S3326, A4720
2015-2016: S2047, A5994
2019-2020: S2198, A7644
2021-2022: S7073, A7729

2017-S5358 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the definition of qualified agencies; adds public defenders, legal aid societies, and assigned counsel administrators.

2017-S5358 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5358 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5358
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 22, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. BAILEY, HOYLMAN, MONTGOMERY, PARKER, RIVERA -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Finance
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive law, in relation to the definition of
   qualified agencies
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 835 of the executive law, as sepa-
 rately amended by chapters 14 and 155 of the laws of 2012, is amended to
 read as follows:
   9.  "Qualified agencies" means courts in the unified court system, the
 administrative board of the judicial conference, probation  departments,
 sheriffs'  offices, district attorneys' offices, the state department of
 corrections and community supervision, the department of  correction  of
 any  municipality,  the financial frauds and consumer protection unit of
 the state department of financial services, the office  of  professional
 medical  conduct  of  the state department of health for the purposes of
 section two hundred thirty of the public health law, the  child  protec-
 tive  services  unit of a local social services district when conducting
 an investigation pursuant to subdivision six  of  section  four  hundred
 twenty-four of the social services law, the office of Medicaid inspector
 general,  the temporary state commission of investigation, police forces
 and departments having responsibility for  enforcement  of  the  general
 criminal  laws  of  the  state,  the Onondaga County Center for Forensic
 Sciences Laboratory when acting within the scope of its law  enforcement
 duties  and  the  division  of  forensic  services  of the Nassau county
 medical examiner's office when  acting  within  the  scope  of  its  law
 enforcement  duties  AND  PUBLIC  DEFENDERS,  LEGAL  AID  SOCIETIES, AND
 ASSIGNED COUNSEL ADMINISTRATORS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03828-01-7
              

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