Assembly Bill A4249

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to sentences of imprisonment for class A felony drug offenders

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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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2019-A4249 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §70.71, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8148
2017-2018: A5251
2021-2022: A5155

2019-A4249 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to sentences of imprisonment for class A felony drug offenders.

2019-A4249 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4249
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. MONTESANO, RAIA, McDONOUGH, FRIEND, COLTON --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH,  PALMESANO  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to sentences of imprisonment
   for class A felony drug offenders

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision 2 of section 70.71 of the
 penal law, as added by chapter 738 of the laws of 2004,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   (b)  Authorized sentence. The court shall impose a determinate term of
 imprisonment which shall be imposed by the court in whole or half  years
 and  which  shall  include  as  a  part thereof a period of post-release
 supervision in accordance with section 70.45 of this article. The  terms
 authorized for such determinate sentences are as follows:
   (i)  for  a  class  A-I felony, the term shall be at least [eight] TEN
 years and shall not exceed [twenty] TWENTY-FIVE years;
   (ii) for a class A-II felony, the term shall be at least [three]  FIVE
 years and shall not exceed [ten] FIFTEEN years.
   § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 70.71 of the penal law,
 as  added  by  chapter  738  of  the laws of 2004, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (b) Authorized sentence. When the court  has  found  pursuant  to  the
 provisions  of  section  400.21  of  the  criminal  procedure law that a
 defendant is a second felony drug offender who  stands  convicted  of  a
 class  A  felony as defined in article two hundred twenty or two hundred
 twenty-one of  this  chapter,  the  court  shall  impose  a  determinate
 sentence  of  imprisonment. Such determinate sentence shall include as a
 part thereof a period of post-release  supervision  in  accordance  with
 section  70.45  of  this  article.  Such  determinate  sentence shall be
 imposed by the court in whole or half years as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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