Bill Text: NY S03268 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Enacts "Cesar's law" to require the retaking of parolees, who abscond from the supervision of the state board of parole.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S03268 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S03268-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3268 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 5, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and 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. LBD00137-01-9