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Aug 24, 2020 |
signed chap.144 |
Aug 12, 2020 |
delivered to governor |
Jul 22, 2020 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.768 substituted for s3457 |
Jul 22, 2020 |
substituted by a5045 |
Jul 21, 2020 |
ordered to third reading cal.768 reported and committed to rules |
Jul 20, 2020 |
reported and committed to finance |
Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to codes returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 19, 2019 |
referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1682 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Apr 08, 2019 |
reported and committed to finance |
Feb 07, 2019 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S3457
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Relates to allowing a court to waive certain surcharges and fees; repealer
download bill text pdfSponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A5045 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
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Floor Vote: Jul 22, 2020
aye (41)- Addabbo Jr.
- Bailey
- Benjamin
- Biaggi
- Breslin
- Brooks
- Carlucci
- Comrie
- Felder
- Gaughran
- Gianaris
- Gounardes
- Harckham
- Hoylman-Sigal
- Jackson
- Kaminsky
- Kaplan
- Kavanagh
- Kennedy
- Krueger
- Lanza
- Liu
- Martinez
- May
- Mayer
- Metzger
- Montgomery
- Myrie
- Parker
- Persaud
- Ramos
- Rivera
- Salazar
- Sanders Jr.
- Savino
- Sepúlveda
- Serrano
- Skoufis
- Stavisky
- Stewart-Cousins
- Thomas
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Floor Vote: Jun 19, 2019
aye (41)- Addabbo Jr.
- Bailey
- Benjamin
- Biaggi
- Breslin
- Brooks
- Carlucci
- Comrie
- Felder
- Gaughran
- Gianaris
- Gounardes
- Harckham
- Hoylman-Sigal
- Jackson
- Kaminsky
- Kaplan
- Kavanagh
- Kennedy
- Krueger
- Lanza
- Liu
- Martinez
- May
- Mayer
- Metzger
- Montgomery
- Myrie
- Parker
- Persaud
- Ramos
- Rivera
- Salazar
- Sanders Jr.
- Savino
- Sepúlveda
- Serrano
- Skoufis
- Stavisky
- Stewart-Cousins
- Thomas
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Jul 21, 2020 - Rules Committee Vote
S345712Aye6Nay1Aye with Reservations0Absent0Excused0AbstainedJun 19, 2019 - Rules Committee Vote
S345712Aye6Nay1Aye with Reservations0Absent0Excused0AbstainedJul 21, 2020 - Finance Committee Vote
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co-Sponsors
(D) 36th Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) 46th Senate District
(D) 26th Senate District
(D, WF) 31st Senate District
(D) 16th Senate District
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
(D) 19th Senate District
(D, WF) 13th Senate District
(D, WF) 33rd Senate District
(D, WF) 18th Senate District
(D) 10th Senate District
(D) 32nd Senate District
(D) 6th Senate District
2019-S3457 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S3457 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3457 SPONSOR: MONTGOMERY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to allowing a court to waive certain surcharges and fees; and to repeal certain provisions of the penal law relating thereto PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This legislation would allow the court to waive certain surcharges and fees when it is determined that the defendant is under 21 years of age and demonstrates either that the fee would impose an undue hardship, it prevents* successful reintegration, or that the interests of justice require it. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends the criminal procedure law to clarify language in the existing statute that permits the court to waive fees
for certain types of offenses. This section also adds a new subdivision 2-a to permit the court to waive court fees and other surcharges where the defendant is under 21 years of age and the court determines that either the fee would cause undue hardship, it would interfere with successful reentry, or the interests of justice require it. Sections 2 and 3 of the bill repeal provisions relating to the imposi- tion of fees for defendants declared youthful offenders. Section 4 of the bill establishes an effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Courts often impose significant fees and fines on youth and their fami- lies who have contact with the criminal justice system. These monetary sanctions function to further exacerbate a families' financial distress and can incentivize juveniles to engage in illegal behavior to earn money. One report out of Alameda County, California recently determined that it costs juveniles in their juvenile court system approximately two thousand dollars per case.(11 Youth simply have no way to obtain money to pay these costs and fines and the consequences of nonpayment are devastating. Youth and their families who cannot pay court fees face a myriad of penalties including: criminal contempt, civil judgments that follow them into adulthood, probation violations, additional fees, prop- erty liens, and even more periods of incarceration. The disparate impact of such practices is that youth in poverty face harsher consequence and receive less rehabilitative treatment than their more affluent peers. Certain jurisdictions have already taken steps to make their court systems more equitable for juveniles. For example, the Alameda County Court System repealed their policy of imposing fees for juveniles.{2} In Washington State, the legislature passed the Year Act, which eliminated juvenile diversion fees, juvenile court costs, collection fees, and certain fines specific to juveniles.{3} New York must take similar steps to encourage young people to rehabilitate and have successful reentry. With the passage of Raise the Age last year, this legislature made strides in enabling those youth who come in contact with the justice system to become positive participants of society. This legislation would continue that aim by allowing a judge to waive court fees for a juvenile upon considering certain factors. PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2017: A08673 (Aubry) Referred to Codes. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: To be determined. EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
2019-S3457 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3457 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 7, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, BENJAMIN, BRESLIN, JACKSON, PARKER, PERSAUD, RAMOS, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to allowing a court to waive certain surcharges and fees; and to repeal certain provisions of the penal law relating thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 420.35 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 189 of the laws of 2018, is amended and a new subdivision 2-a is added to read as follows: 2. [Under] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION OR SUBDIVISION TWO-A OF THIS SECTION, UNDER no circumstances shall the mandatory surcharge, sex offender registration fee, DNA databank fee or the crime victim assistance fee be waived [provided, however, that a court may waive the crime victim assistance fee if such defendant is an eligible youth as defined in subdivision two of section 720.10 of this chapter, and the imposition of such fee would work an unreasonable hardship on the defendant, his or her immediate family, or any other person who is dependent on such defendant for financial support]. A court shall waive any mandatory surcharge, DNA databank fee and crime victim assistance fee when: (i) the defendant is convicted of loitering for the purpose of engaging in prostitution under section 240.37 of the penal law (provided that the defendant was not convicted of loitering for the purpose of patronizing a person for prostitution); (ii) the defendant is convicted of prostitution under section 230.00 of the penal law; (iii) the defend- ant is convicted of a violation in the event such conviction is in lieu of a plea to or conviction for loitering for the purpose of engaging in prostitution under section 240.37 of the penal law (provided that the defendant was not alleged to be loitering for the purpose of patronizing EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06369-01-9 S. 3457 2 a person for prostitution) or prostitution under section 230.00 of the penal law; or (iv) the court finds that a defendant is a victim of sex trafficking under section 230.34 of the penal law or a victim of traf- ficking in persons under the trafficking victims protection act (United States Code, Title 22, Chapter 78); or (v) the court finds that the defendant is a victim of sex trafficking of a child under section 230.34-a of the penal law. 2-A. A COURT MAY WAIVE ANY MANDATORY SURCHARGE, ADDITIONAL SURCHARGE, TOWN OR VILLAGE SURCHARGE, THE CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE FEE, DNA DATABANK FEE, SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION FEE AND/OR SUPPLEMENTAL SEX OFFENDER VICTIM FEE WHEN THE COURT FINDS THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE AT THE TIME THE OFFENSE WAS COMMITTED AND: (A) THE IMPOSITION OF SUCH SURCHARGE OR FEE WOULD WORK AN UNREASONABLE HARDSHIP ON THE DEFENDANT, HIS OR HER IMMEDIATE FAMILY, OR ANY OTHER PERSON WHO IS DEPENDENT ON SUCH DEFENDANT FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT; OR (B) AFTER CONSIDERING THE GOAL OF PROMOTING SUCCESSFUL AND PRODUCTIVE REENTRY AND REINTEGRATION AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION 1.05 OF THE PENAL LAW, THE IMPOSITION OF SUCH SURCHARGE OR FEE WOULD ADVERSELY IMPACT THE DEFENDANT'S REINTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY; OR (C) THE INTERESTS OF JUSTICE. § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 420.30 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by section 5 of part F of chapter 56 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows: 3. Restrictions. [In] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION TWO-A OF SECTION 420.35 OF THIS ARTICLE, IN no event shall a mandatory surcharge, sex offender registration fee, DNA databank fee or crime victim assist- ance fee be remitted [provided, however, that a court may waive the crime victim assistance fee if such defendant is an eligible youth as defined in subdivision two of section 720.10 of this chapter, and the imposition of such fee would work an unreasonable hardship on the defendant, his or her immediate family, or any other person who is dependent on such defendant for financial support]. § 3. Subdivision 10 of section 60.35 of the penal law is REPEALED. § 4. Subdivision 3 of section 60.02 of the penal law is REPEALED. § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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