Bill Text: NY A04292 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Creates a juvenile justice smart investment program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-24 - print number 4292a [A04292 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A04292-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4292--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 2, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. SCARBOROUGH, P. RIVERA -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on  Children  and  Families  --  recommitted  to  the
         Committee on Children and Families in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
         sec.  2  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
         amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the executive law and the state finance law, in relation
         to establishing a juvenile justice smart investment  program  for  the
         purpose  of  reducing  juvenile  justice  placements  through  program
         modifications and services
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 531-a
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 531-A. THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SMART INVESTMENT PROGRAM.  1.  THERE  IS
    4  HEREBY  CREATED  A  JUVENILE JUSTICE SMART INVESTMENT PROGRAM. FUNDS FOR
    5  THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SMART  INVESTMENT  PROGRAM  SHALL  BE  APPROPRIATED
    6  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  NINETY-NINE-U  OF  THE STATE FINANCE LAW. AMOUNTS
    7  APPROPRIATED TO THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SMART INVESTMENT  PROGRAM  PURSUANT
    8  TO  THIS SECTION OR SECTION NINETY-NINE-U OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW SHALL
    9  BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND  FAMILY  SERVICES  WHICH
   10  SHALL  ONLY  USE  SUCH  APPROPRIATIONS TO FUND PROGRAMS OR SERVICES THAT
   11  SEEK TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF JUVENILE  JUSTICE  PLACEMENTS  PURSUANT  TO
   12  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OR FOUR OF SECTION 353.3 OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT, OR
   13  JUVENILE DETENTION AS DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  SECTION  FIVE
   14  HUNDRED  TWO  OF THIS ARTICLE. SUCH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE,
   15  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,  DEMONSTRATED  EFFECTIVE  PROGRAMS  SUCH   AS
   16  EVIDENCE-BASED  PROGRAMS  OR SERVICES THAT PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES, OR SEEK
   17  TO DIVERT YOUTH FROM  DETENTION  AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF
   18  SECTION  FIVE  HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE OR RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENT WITH
   19  THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE
   20  OR FOUR OF SECTION 353.3 OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01549-03-1
       A. 4292--A                          2
    1    S 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-u  to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  99-U.  THE  JUVENILE  JUSTICE SMART INVESTMENT PROGRAM ACCOUNT.  1.
    4  THERE IS HEREBY CREATED A MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND TO BE KNOWN
    5  AS THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SMART INVESTMENT PROGRAM ACCOUNT.  THE  JUVENILE
    6  JUSTICE  SMART  INVESTMENT  PROGRAM  ACCOUNT IS ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT
    7  CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONER  OF  TAXATION  AND
    8  FINANCE.
    9    2. THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SMART INVESTMENT PROGRAM ACCOUNT SHALL CONSIST
   10  OF  FIFTY  PERCENT OF THE SAVINGS THE STATE ACHIEVES ANNUALLY, AS CALCU-
   11  LATED IN THE FINANCIAL PLAN AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN-A OF SECTION
   12  TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, AS A RESULT OF ANY ACTIONS  TAKEN  IN  THE  CURRENT
   13  STATE FISCAL YEAR OR ANY PREVIOUS STATE FISCAL YEARS.
   14    3.  AMOUNTS  APPROPRIATED  TO  THE  JUVENILE  JUSTICE SMART INVESTMENT
   15  PROGRAM PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OR PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  FIVE  HUNDRED
   16  THIRTY-ONE-A  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE
   17  OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES WHICH SHALL ONLY USE SUCH APPROPRIATIONS
   18  TO FUND PROGRAMS OR SERVICES THAT SEEK TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF  JUVENILE
   19  JUSTICE  PLACEMENTS  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  THREE OR FOUR OF SECTION
   20  353.3 OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT,  OR  JUVENILE  DETENTION  AS  DEFINED  IN
   21  SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW. SUCH
   22  PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, DEMONSTRATED
   23  EFFECTIVE  PROGRAMS  SUCH  AS  EVIDENCE-BASED  PROGRAMS OR SERVICES THAT
   24  PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES, OR SEEK TO DIVERT YOUTH FROM DETENTION AS  DEFINED
   25  IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW OR
   26  RESIDENTIAL  PLACEMENT  WITH  THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
   27  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OR FOUR OF SECTION  353.3  OF  THE  FAMILY
   28  COURT ACT.
   29    S 3. This act shall take effect April 1, 2012.