Senate Bill S3356

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to caseload relief

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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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2021-S3356 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §832, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7481
2017-2018: S4032
2019-2020: S2559
2023-2024: S1238

2021-S3356 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring limits on the number of cases a public defender may be assigned in any given year.

2021-S3356 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3356 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3356
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  BAILEY,  COMRIE, PARKER, PERSAUD, SALAZAR -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to caseload relief
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 832 of the exec-
 utive law, as added by section 12 of part VVV of chapter 59 of the  laws
 of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (b)  Caseload relief. Develop and implement a written plan that estab-
 lishes  numerical  caseload/workload  standards  for  each  provider  of
 constitutionally  mandated  publicly  funded  representation in criminal
 cases for people who are unable to afford counsel, PROVIDED THAT  ANNUAL
 INDIVIDUAL  NUMERICAL  CASELOAD/WORKLOAD  STANDARDS MAY NOT EXCEED THREE
 HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN MISDEMEANORS OR ONE HUNDRED  THIRTY-EIGHT  FELONIES,
 WITH  EACH  FELONY COUNTING AS TWO AND SIXTY-SIX HUNDREDTHS MISDEMEANORS
 IN MIXED CASELOADS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07446-01-1



              

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