A10706 Summary:
| BILL NO | A10706 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S08114 |
| SPONSOR | Fahy |
| COSPNSR | Lentol, Aubry, McDonald, Steck, Gottfried, Magnarelli, Crespo, Sepulveda, Arroyo, Simotas, Magee, Colton, Duprey, Crouch, Montesano, Raia, Rosenthal, Woerner, Russell, Brindisi, Mosley, Palmesano, Lavine, Bronson, Skoufis, Barclay, Blankenbush, Cahill, Stec, Murray, Barrett, Peoples-Stokes, Butler, Lupardo, Lalor, Pichardo, Linares, Rivera, Stirpe, Walker, Jaffee, O'Donnell, Finch, Ramos, Ryan, Hunter, Davila, Graf, Rodriguez, Brabenec, Otis, Titus, Perry, Oaks, Mayer, Gunther, Englebright, Weprin, Kearns, Ortiz, Richardson, Hyndman, Abbate, Buchwald, Zebrowski, Simon, Seawright, Weinstein, Glick, Kavanagh, Blake, Brennan, Cook, Galef, Giglio, Hawley, Hevesi, Hikind, Lifton, Lopez, Markey, Robinson, Schimel, Skartados |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §722-e, County L; amd §832, Exec L; amd §98-b, St Fin L | |
| Requires state reimbursement to counties and cities in which a county is located of the full amount of expenditures for indigent legal services. | |
A10706 Actions:
| BILL NO | A10706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/13/2016 | referred to codes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/15/2016 | reported referred to ways and means | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/16/2016 | reported referred to rules | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/17/2016 | reported | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/17/2016 | rules report cal.535 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/17/2016 | substituted by s8114 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08114 AMEND= DEFRANCISCO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/13/2016 | REFERRED TO RULES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/16/2016 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/16/2016 | PASSED SENATE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/16/2016 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/16/2016 | referred to ways and means | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/17/2016 | substituted for a10706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/17/2016 | ordered to third reading rules cal.535 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/17/2016 | passed assembly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/17/2016 | returned to senate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12/20/2016 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12/31/2016 | VETOED MEMO.306 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A10706 Memo:
Go to topNEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the county law, the executive law and the state finance law, in relation to indigent defense services PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To ensure that all persons accused of crimes in New York are able to receive effective legal representation whether or not they have the ability to pay for a lawyer by establishing a system of direct state funding at the requisite adequate level to eliminate the geographic disparity in representation. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1: provides legislative findings and declaration. Section 2: amends Section 722-e of the County law to require the State to reimburse, over a seven year four year phase in period, counties and cities in which a county is wholly located the full amount of expenses of counsel services for indigent legal defendants. Section 3: "Subdivision 3 of section 832 of the executive law, as added by section 1 of part E of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended and a new paragraph (n) is added to read as follows: (n) to adopt, promul- gate, amend or rescind rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this section, including to (i) ensure the presence of counsel at the first appearance of any eligible defendant charged with a crime, (ii) establish caseload/workload regulations for attorneys providing mandated representation, and (iii) improve the quality of mandated represen- tation." Section 4: amends subdivision 3 of section 98-b of the state finance law, a amended by part E of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010. Section 5 is the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: The state has just recently settled a lawsuit with five counties Suffolk, Washington, Ontario, Onondaga, and Schuyler - in which the settlement calls for the Office of Indigent Legal Services to be in charge of the public defense operations in the five counties. This would be the first time in New York that a statewide entity will be responsi- ble for legal representation of all indigent criminal defendants. Coun- ties statewide are currently responsible for funding indigent legal services by federal mandate but adherence is uneven and dependent on a particular county's ability or inability to properly fund the program. Many counties have no system for supervising caseloads or quality, no staffing formula to ensure an appropriate number of public defenders, and no standard ensuring comparable compensation for defenders. My legislation would amend the law to provide for the state to take over full funding of the program in 2023, and relieve all counties of this financial strain. As the Governor noted during the State of Opportunity agenda, local governments have been struggling while the state's finances have generally improved. Now is the time for the state to rein- vest in its counties and relieve the counties of this unfunded mandate. PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: The bill would be effective April 1, 2017.
A10706 Text:
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