Bill Text: NY S04305 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Includes, for the purpose of payment of restitution or reparation, within the definition of the term "victim" any person or entity which provides assistance for the prevention or mitigation of damage to person or property caused by an offense.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-26 - referred to codes [S04305 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04305-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4305
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 28, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced by Sens. DeFRANCISCO, GRIFFO, JOHNSON, RANZENHOFER, SEWARD --
         read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
         the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the payment of  reparation
         or restitution in certain instances
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4  of  section  60.27  of  the
    2  penal  law,  as  amended  by section 41 of part A-1 of chapter 56 of the
    3  laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (b) the term "victim" shall include the victim  of  the  offense,  the
    5  representative  of  a  crime  victim  as  defined  in subdivision six of
    6  section six hundred twenty-one of the executive law, an individual whose
    7  identity was assumed or whose personal identifying information was  used
    8  in violation of section 190.78, 190.79 or 190.80 of this chapter, or any
    9  person  who has suffered a financial loss as a direct result of the acts
   10  of a defendant in violation of section 190.78, 190.79, 190.80, 190.82 or
   11  190.83 of this chapter, a good  samaritan  as  defined  in  section  six
   12  hundred  twenty-one  of  the  executive  law, ANY PERSON OR ENTITY WHICH
   13  PROVIDES ASSISTANCE FOR THE PREVENTION OR MITIGATION OF DAMAGE TO PERSON
   14  OR PROPERTY CAUSED BY AN OFFENSE and the office of  victim  services  or
   15  other  governmental  agency  that has received an application for or has
   16  provided financial assistance or compensation to the victim.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04107-01-1
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