Bill Text: NY S00011 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to making the cost of incarceration for non-violent felons available to the public.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO CODES [S00011 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S00011-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          11
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law and the  correction  law,  in
         relation  to  making  the cost of incarceration for non-violent felony
         offenders available to the public
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new arti-
    2  cle 425 to read as follows:
    3       ARTICLE 425--COST OF INCARCERATION FOR NON-VIOLENT FELONS MADE
    4                                   PUBLIC
    5  SECTION 425.10 COST OF INCARCERATION FOR NON-VIOLENT FELONS MADE PUBLIC.
    6  S 425.10 COST OF INCARCERATION FOR NON-VIOLENT FELONS MADE PUBLIC.
    7    1.  UPON  IMPOSING  A  SENTENCE OF INCARCERATION FOR A CONVICTION OF A
    8  NON-VIOLENT FELONY OFFENSE, THE SENTENCING JUDGE SHALL  MAKE  SUCH  COST
    9  AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
   10    2.  AT  THE  REQUEST OF THE SENTENCING JUDGE, AN ESTIMATE OF SUCH COST
   11  SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY  SUPER-
   12  VISION TO THE SENTENCING JUDGE PRIOR TO THE IMPOSITION OF SUCH SENTENCE.
   13    3. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, NON-VIOLENT FELONY OFFENSE SHALL MEAN
   14  AND  INCLUDE  ANY FELONY NOT DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 70.02
   15  OF THE PENAL LAW.
   16    S 2. The correction law is amended by adding a new  section  601-e  to
   17  read as follows:
   18    S  601-E.  COST OF INCARCERATION FOR NON-VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDERS. THE
   19  DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE A SENTENCING COURT WITH AN ESTIMATE OF THE COST
   20  OF INCARCERATION FOR A NON-VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDER AT THE REQUEST  OF  A
   21  SENTENCING JUDGE.
   22    S  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
   23  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00926-01-3