Assembly Bill A520

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires lifetime post-release supervision for certain offenders; prohibits good behavior allowances against certain determinate sentences

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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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2015-A520 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §70.45, Pen L; amd §803, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8603, A8481
2011-2012: A4814
2013-2014: A1636
2017-2018: A2948
2019-2020: A1013
2021-2022: A5014
2023-2024: A5463

2015-A520 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires lifetime post-release supervision for offenders convicted of rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree, course of sexual conduct against a child in the first and second degrees or sexual abuse in the first degree when the other person is less than eleven years old; prohibits good behavior allowances against a determinate sentence for a person convicted of any such crimes.

2015-A520 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   520

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. KOLB, TEDISCO, MONTESANO, KATZ -- Multi-Sponsored
  by  -- M. of A.  BARCLAY, CERETTO, CROUCH, CURRAN, FINCH, FITZPATRICK,
  GIGLIO, OAKS, PALMESANO, RA, RAIA, SALADINO, STEC, TENNEY,  THIELE  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to requiring lifetime post-
  release supervision for certain offenders; and to amend the correction
  law, in relation  to  prohibiting  good  behavior  allowances  against
  certain determinate sentences

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

  Section 1. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 2 of section 70.45 of
the penal law, as amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 2007, are  amended
and two new paragraphs (g) and (h) are added to read as follows:
  (e) such period shall be not less than one and one-half years nor more
than  three  years  whenever  a  determinate sentence of imprisonment is
imposed pursuant to subdivision three of section 70.02 of  this  article
upon  a conviction of a class D or class E violent felony offense EXCEPT
WHEN A DETERMINATE SENTENCE  OF  IMPRISONMENT  IS  IMPOSED  PURSUANT  TO
SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 70.02 OF THIS ARTICLE UPON A CONVICTION FOR
ONE OF THE CRIMES LISTED IN PARAGRAPH (H) OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
  (f) such period shall be not less than two and one-half years nor more
than  five  years  whenever  a  determinate  sentence of imprisonment is
imposed pursuant to subdivision three of section 70.02 of  this  article
upon  a  conviction  of  a  class B or class C violent felony offense[.]
EXCEPT WHEN A DETERMINATE SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT IS  IMPOSED  PURSUANT
TO  SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 70.02 OF THIS ARTICLE UPON A CONVICTION
FOR ONE OF THE CRIMES LISTED IN PARAGRAPH (G) OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
  (G) SUCH PERIOD SHALL BE FOR THE LIFE OF A PERSON WHENEVER A  DETERMI-
NATE  SENTENCE  OF IMPRISONMENT IS IMPOSED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE
OF SECTION 70.02 OF THIS ARTICLE UPON  A CONVICTION OF A CLASS B VIOLENT

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

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