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Senate Bill S623
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
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2009-S623 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S623 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S623 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the penal law, in relation to consecutive sentences for sexual offenders on probation PURPOSE : This bill would strengthen the probation law regarding sex offenders who are found guilty of another offense during their probation time. With this change in the law, such offenders would now have to serve consecutive sentences rather than concurrent sentences for which the law currently allows. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : This bill amends subdivision 4 of section 60.01 of the Penal Law, requiring any sentence for a sexual offense as defined in Article 130 or an offense included in the following: incest (section 255.5), the use of a child in a sexual performance (section 263.10) or promoting a sexual performance by a child (section 263.15) to run consecutively to any other term of imprisonment. JUSTIFICATION : Keeping felony recidivism rates down has been a long time struggle for the public safety community and society in general. Sex offenders, especially those offenses that include minors and children have an
2009-S623 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 623 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 9, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ROBACH -- 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 consecutive sentences for sexual offenders on probation THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 60.01 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 548 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows: 4. In any case where a person has been sentenced to a period of probation imposed pursuant to section 65.00 of this chapter, if the part of the sentence that provides for probation is revoked, the court must sentence such person to imprisonment or to the sentence of imprisonment and probation as provided for in paragraph (d) of subdivision two of this section; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, EVERY SUCH SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR A PERSON CONVICTED OF AN OFFENSE CONTAINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER OR SECTION 255.25, 255.26, 255.27, 263.05, 263.10 OR 263.15 OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL RUN CONSECUTIVELY TO ANY OTHER TERM OF IMPRISONMENT IMPOSED FOR ANOTHER SUCH OFFENSE BY A COURT OF THIS STATE. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03239-01-9
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