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A07439 Summary:

A07439 Actions:

A07439 Committee Votes:

Committee:CODES   Chair:Lentol      
DATE:05/02/2017AYE/NAY:20/0  Action: Favorable         
Lentol
Aye
Graf
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Giglio
Excused
Weinstein
Aye
McKevitt
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Cook
Aye
Ra
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Titus
Aye
O'Donnell
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Perry
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Mosley
Aye
Hevesi
Excused
Fahy
Aye

A07439 Floor Votes:

A07439 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7439
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 25, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. WALKER -- (at request of the Board of Parole) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the duties of
          the district attorney
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 440.50 of the criminal procedure
     2  law, as amended by section 80 of subpart B of part C of  chapter  62  of
     3  the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
     4    1.  Upon  the  request  of a victim of a crime, or in any event in all
     5  cases in which the final disposition includes a conviction of a  violent
     6  felony  offense  as  defined  in  section 70.02 of the penal law [or], a
     7  felony defined in article one hundred twenty-five  of  such  law,  or  a
     8  felony  defined  in article one hundred thirty of such law, the district
     9  attorney shall, within sixty days of the final disposition of the  case,
    10  inform  the  victim  by  letter of such final disposition. If such final
    11  disposition results in the commitment of the defendant to the custody of
    12  the department of corrections and community supervision for an  indeter-
    13  minate  sentence,  the  notice  provided  to the crime victim shall also
    14  inform the victim of his or her right to submit a  written,  audiotaped,
    15  or  videotaped  victim impact statement to the department of corrections
    16  and community supervision or to meet personally with  a  member  of  the
    17  state  board  of  parole  at a time and place separate from the personal
    18  interview between a member or members of the board and  the  inmate  and
    19  make  such  a statement, subject to procedures and limitations contained
    20  in rules of the board, both pursuant to subdivision two of  section  two
    21  hundred  fifty-nine-i of the executive law.  A copy of such letter shall
    22  be provided to the board of parole. The right of the victim  under  this
    23  subdivision  to  submit  a  written  victim  impact statement or to meet
    24  personally with a member of the state board of parole  applies  to  each
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10006-01-7
        A. 7439                             2
 
     1  personal  interview  between  a  member  or members of the board and the
     2  inmate.
     3    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.