Bill Text: NY A00520 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires lifetime post-release supervision for offenders convicted of rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree, course of sexual conduct against a child in the first and second degrees or sexual abuse in the first degree when the other person is less than eleven years old; prohibits good behavior allowances against a determinate sentence for a person convicted of any such crimes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 23-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to codes [A00520 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00520-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          520
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. KOLB, TEDISCO, MONTESANO, KATZ -- Multi-Sponsored
         by  -- M. of A.  BARCLAY, CERETTO, CROUCH, CURRAN, FINCH, FITZPATRICK,
         GIGLIO, OAKS, PALMESANO, RA, RAIA, SALADINO, STEC, TENNEY,  THIELE  --
         read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to requiring lifetime post-
         release supervision for certain offenders; and to amend the correction
         law, in relation  to  prohibiting  good  behavior  allowances  against
         certain determinate sentences
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 2 of section 70.45 of
    2  the penal law, as amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 2007, are  amended
    3  and two new paragraphs (g) and (h) are added to read as follows:
    4    (e) such period shall be not less than one and one-half years nor more
    5  than  three  years  whenever  a  determinate sentence of imprisonment is
    6  imposed pursuant to subdivision three of section 70.02 of  this  article
    7  upon  a conviction of a class D or class E violent felony offense EXCEPT
    8  WHEN A DETERMINATE SENTENCE  OF  IMPRISONMENT  IS  IMPOSED  PURSUANT  TO
    9  SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 70.02 OF THIS ARTICLE UPON A CONVICTION FOR
   10  ONE OF THE CRIMES LISTED IN PARAGRAPH (H) OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
   11    (f) such period shall be not less than two and one-half years nor more
   12  than  five  years  whenever  a  determinate  sentence of imprisonment is
   13  imposed pursuant to subdivision three of section 70.02 of  this  article
   14  upon  a  conviction  of  a  class B or class C violent felony offense[.]
   15  EXCEPT WHEN A DETERMINATE SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT IS  IMPOSED  PURSUANT
   16  TO  SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 70.02 OF THIS ARTICLE UPON A CONVICTION
   17  FOR ONE OF THE CRIMES LISTED IN PARAGRAPH (G) OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
   18    (G) SUCH PERIOD SHALL BE FOR THE LIFE OF A PERSON WHENEVER A  DETERMI-
   19  NATE  SENTENCE  OF IMPRISONMENT IS IMPOSED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE
   20  OF SECTION 70.02 OF THIS ARTICLE UPON  A CONVICTION OF A CLASS B VIOLENT
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02652-01-5
       A. 520                              2
    1  FELONY OFFENSE WHEN THE CRIME COMMITTED WAS RAPE IN THE FIRST DEGREE  AS
    2  DEFINED  IN  SECTION 130.35, CRIMINAL SEXUAL  ACT IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS
    3  DEFINED IN SECTION 130.50, AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE  FIRST  DEGREE
    4  AS DEFINED IN SECTION 130.70 OR COURSE OF SEXUAL CONDUCT AGAINST A CHILD
    5  IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 130.75 OF THIS CHAPTER;
    6    (H)  SUCH PERIOD SHALL BE FOR THE LIFE OF A PERSON WHENEVER A DETERMI-
    7  NATE SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT IS IMPOSED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  THREE
    8  OF  SECTION 70.02 OF THIS ARTICLE UPON A CONVICTION OF A CLASS D VIOLENT
    9  FELONY OFFENSE WHEN THE CRIME COMMITTED WAS SEXUAL ABUSE  IN  THE  FIRST
   10  DEGREE  AS  DEFINED IN SECTION 130.65 WHEN THE OTHER PERSON IS LESS THAN
   11  ELEVEN YEARS OLD OR COURSE OF SEXUAL CONDUCT  AGAINST  A  CHILD  IN  THE
   12  SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 130.80 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   13    S  2.  Section  803  of  the correction law is amended by adding a new
   14  subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   15    1-A. A PERSON SERVING A DETERMINATE SENTENCE WHO  IS  SUBJECT  TO  THE
   16  PERIOD  OF  POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION ESTABLISHED IN PARAGRAPH (G) OR (H)
   17  OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 70.45 OF THE PENAL LAW SHALL NOT BE  ENTI-
   18  TLED TO ANY GOOD BEHAVIOR ALLOWANCE ESTABLISHED IN THIS SECTION.
   19    S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   20  ing  the date on which it shall have become a law; provided however that
   21  the amendments to section 803 of the correction law made by section  two
   22  of  this  act shall survive the expiration and reversion of such section
   23  as provided in subdivision d of section 74 of chapter 3 of the  laws  of
   24  1995, as amended.