Assembly Bill A3957

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides where court imposes certain sentence for certain misdemeanors and felonies, the court may impose a sentence of probation or conditional discharge

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A3957 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง60.01, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2510
2011-2012: A2842
2015-2016: A1620
2017-2018: A1125
2019-2020: A3097
2021-2022: A1427

2013-A3957 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that where a court imposes a certain sentence for certain misdemeanors and felonies, the court may impose a sentence of probation or conditional discharge provided that the term of probation or conditional discharge together with the term of imprisonment shall not exceed the term of probation or conditional discharge.

2013-A3957 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3957

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 30, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation  to  revocable  sentences  of
  probation or conditional discharge and imprisonment

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2  of  section  60.01  of  the
penal  law,  as amended by chapter 65 of the laws of 1982, is amended to
read as follows:
  (d) In any case where the court imposes a sentence of imprisonment not
in excess of sixty days[,] for a CLASS B misdemeanor, OR NOT  IN  EXCESS
OF NINETY DAYS FOR A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR, or not in excess of [six] NINE
months  for a felony or in the case of a sentence of intermittent impri-
sonment not in excess of four months, it may also impose a  sentence  of
probation  or  conditional discharge provided that the term of probation
or conditional discharge together with the term  of  imprisonment  shall
not  exceed the term of probation or conditional discharge authorized by
article sixty-five of this chapter. The sentence of  imprisonment  shall
be a condition of and run concurrently with the sentence of probation or
conditional discharge.
  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, and shall apply only
to offenses committed on or after such date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07784-01-3

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