Senate Bill S313

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Eliminates court surcharges and fees; repealer

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee


  • 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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2023-S313 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd §§60.02 & 80.05, add §80.20, rpld §60.35, Pen L; amd §§503, 235, 1203-g & 1800, add §1811, rpld §§1809 - 1809-e, V & T L; rpld §71-0213, En Con L; amd §1101, CPLR; amd §§259-i, 837-i & 259-j, rpld §837-j, rpld & add §257-c, Exec L; amd §27.12, rpld §27.12 sub 5, Pks & Rec L; amd §4-411, Vil L; amd §99-n, St Fin L; amd §§154 & 205, Cor L; amd §§420.10, 420.30 & 430.20, add §420.11, rpld §420.10 subs 3 & 4, §420.35, §430.20 sub 5, §420.30 sub 3, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S3979

2023-S313 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates court surcharges and fees and probation and parole surcharges and fees; eliminates the requirement that a parolee or releasee receiving a merit termination of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution; eliminates the requirement that a person receiving a discharge of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution and the payment of certain surcharges or fees (Part A); prohibits mandatory minimum fines for penal law and vehicle and traffic offenses (Part B)

2023-S313 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S313 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    313
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  SALAZAR, BRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY,
   GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN,  JACKSON,  KAVANAGH,  KRUEGER,
   MAY, MYRIE, PARKER, PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, STAVI-
   SKY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit-
   ted to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, the executive law, the
   correction law, the vehicle and traffic law, the village law  and  the
   state  finance  law,  in  relation to eliminating court surcharges and
   fees; and to repeal certain provisions of the penal law,  the  vehicle
   and traffic law, the correction law, the parks, recreation and histor-
   ic preservation law, the executive law and the environmental conserva-
   tion  law  relating  thereto  (Part A); to amend the penal law and the
   vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting mandatory  minimum
   fines  for  penal  law  and  vehicle and traffic offenses (Part B); to
   amend the penal law and the vehicle and traffic law,  in  relation  to
   mandating  that  courts  engage  in  an individualized assessment of a
   person's financial ability to pay a fine  prior  to  imposing  a  fine
   (Part  C);  to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to elimi-
   nating the availability of incarceration as a remedy for a failure  to
   pay  a  fine,  surcharge  or  fee,  lifting  and vacating all existing
   warrants issued solely based on a person's failure  to  timely  pay  a
   fine, surcharge or fee and ending all existing sentences of incarcera-
   tion  based  on  such failure; and to repeal certain provisions of the
   criminal procedure law relating  thereto  (Part  D);  in  relation  to
   vacating all existing unsatisfied civil judgments entered solely based
   on  a  person's failure to timely pay a surcharge or fee and to repeal
   certain provisions of the  criminal  procedure  law  relating  thereto
   (Part  E); to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to prohib-
   iting the collection of a fine, restitution  or  reparation  from  the
   funds  of  an incarcerated person; and to amend the correction law, in
   relation  to  prohibiting  the  payment  of  court  fines,   mandatory
   surcharges,  certain fees, restitution, reparation or forfeitures from
   the earnings of prisoners (Part F); and in relation  to  vacating  all
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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