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Senate Bill S2503
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S2503 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S2503 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2503 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the payment of reparation or restitution in certain instances PURPOSE : To include certain persons and entities within the term "victim" to enable a sentencing court to order restitution or reparation. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 -- Amends section 60.27 of the Penal Law to expand the definition of "victim" for purposes of restitution or reparation. Section 2 -- Effective date. JUSTIFICATION : Restitution and reparation to individual crime victims should be a primary concern in our criminal justice system. Public and private agencies which respond to crime-related incidents, provide assistance, and prevent further damage should not be statutorily ineligible to be reimbursed for certain costs as ordered by a sentencing court. Such a situation arose in Central New York where a volunteer fire department used several hundred dollars worth of chemicals to extinguish a fire set by arson. The court was precluded from ordering
2009-S2503 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2503 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 23, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DeFRANCISCO -- 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: Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 60.27 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 619 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows: (b) the term "victim" shall include the victim of the offense, the representative of a crime victim as defined in subdivision six of section six hundred twenty-one of the executive law, an individual whose identity was assumed or whose personal identifying information was used in violation of section 190.78, 190.79 or 190.80 of this chapter, or any person who has suffered a financial loss as a direct result of the acts of a defendant in violation of section 190.78, 190.79, 190.80, 190.82 or 190.83 of this chapter, a good samaritan as defined in section six hundred twenty-one of the executive law, ANY PERSON OR ENTITY WHICH PROVIDES ASSISTANCE FOR THE PREVENTION OR MITIGATION OF DAMAGE TO PERSON OR PROPERTY CAUSED BY AN OFFENSE and the crime victims' board or other governmental agency that has received an application for or has provided financial assistance or compensation to the victim. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05503-01-9
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