NY A00236 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-05-04 - enacting clause stricken
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

To afford judges discretion in sentenc- ing certain low-level, non-violent drug offenders to alternative drug treatment programs as a condition of a sentence of conditional discharge.

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Title

Establishes a program of drug treatment as an alternative to incarceration for eligible low level, non-violent drug offenders as provided for herein; provides for licensing of programs and criteria therefor; upon satisfactory completion of course of treatment the court imposed sentence of conditional discharge shall be terminated; appropriates $21,000,000 to the division of criminal justice services; creates a class C felony of "operating an illegal drug enterprise".

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History

DateChamberAction
2009-05-04 enacting clause stricken
2009-01-16 reference changed to correction
2009-01-07 referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Same As/Similar To

S816 (Same As) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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Bill Comments

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