Bill Text: NY S03268 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3268
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 5, 2019
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        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