Bill Text: NY A07035 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts "Cesar's law" to require the retaking of parolees who abscond from the supervision of the state board of parole.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to correction [A07035 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07035-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7035
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      April 3, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. CUSICK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FRIEND
          -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
        AN ACT to amend the executive  law,  in  relation  to  the  retaking  of
          certain persons absconding from parole or other conditional release
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  "Cesar's law".
     3    §  2. Paragraph (i) of subdivision 3 of section 259-i of the executive
     4  law, as amended by section 38-f-1 of subpart A of part C of  chapter  62
     5  of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
     6    (i)  Where  there  is  reasonable  cause to believe that a presumptive
     7  releasee, parolee, conditional releasee  or  person  under  post-release
     8  supervision has absconded from supervision the board [may] shall declare
     9  such  person  to  be  delinquent  and  a warrant shall be issued for the
    10  retaking of such person and for his or her temporary detention according
    11  to the rules of the board, and the board shall  immediately  notify  the
    12  law enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the locality in which such
    13  absconder  resides.  This  paragraph shall not be construed to deny such
    14  person a preliminary revocation hearing upon his or her retaking, nor to
    15  relieve the department of any obligation it may  have  to  exercise  due
    16  diligence to retake the alleged absconder, nor to relieve the parolee or
    17  releasee  of any obligation he or she may have to comply with the condi-
    18  tions of his or her release.
    19    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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