Assembly Bill A5703

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to providing notice to the crime victim or victim's representative that a parolee or releasee is being discharged or released

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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A5703 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7788
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §259-j, Exec L; amd §410.90, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8812, S7412

2023-A5703 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the parole board to provide notice to the crime victim or victim's representative that a parolee or releasee is being discharged or released.

2023-A5703 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5703
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 22, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. THIELE, SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the  criminal  procedure  law,  in
   relation to providing notice to the crime victim or victim's represen-
   tative that a parolee or releasee is being discharged or released

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 259-j of  the  executive
 law,  as amended by section 38-g of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of
 the laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   1. Except where a determinate sentence was imposed for a felony  other
 than  a  felony  defined  in  article  two hundred twenty or article two
 hundred twenty-one of the penal law, if the board of parole is satisfied
 that an absolute discharge from presumptive release, parole, conditional
 release or release to a period of post-release  supervision  is  in  the
 best interests of society, the board may grant such a discharge prior to
 the  expiration  of  the full term or maximum term to any person who has
 been on unrevoked community supervision for at least  three  consecutive
 years.  A discharge granted under this section shall constitute a termi-
 nation of the sentence with respect to which it  was  granted.  No  such
 discharge  shall  be granted unless: (A) the board is satisfied that the
 parolee or releasee, otherwise financially able to comply with an  order
 of  restitution and the payment of any mandatory surcharge, sex offender
 registration fee or DNA databank fee previously imposed by  a  court  of
 competent   jurisdiction,  has  made  a  good  faith  effort  to  comply
 therewith; (B) THE CRIME VICTIM OR VICTIM'S REPRESENTATIVE  IS  PROVIDED
 NOTICE  THAT  THE  DISCHARGED  PAROLEE  OR RELEASEE IS HAVING HIS OR HER
 SENTENCE DISCHARGED; AND (C) THE BOARD CONSIDERS ANY CURRENT  OR  FORMER
 STATEMENTS  MADE  TO  IT  BY  A  CRIME VICTIM OR VICTIM'S REPRESENTATIVE
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED
 FIFTY-NINE-I OF THIS ARTICLE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10127-01-3
              

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