Assembly Bill A5801

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes counties to impose fees for performing drug tests and utilizing electronic monitoring equipment

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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-A5801 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง257-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8093
2017-2018: A3477
2019-2020: A5799
2021-2022: A6509
2023-2024: A4829

2015-A5801 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes counties to impose fees for performing drug tests and utilizing electronic monitoring equipment.

2015-A5801 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5801

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 4, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. BARCLAY, FINCH -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Correction

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to fees for drug  testing
  and electronic monitoring

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 3, 4, and 5 of section 257-c of the  execu-
tive law are renumbered subdivisions 4, 5, 6, and 7 and two new subdivi-
sions 2 and 3 are added to read as follows:
  2.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, EVERY COUNTY AND THE
CITY OF NEW YORK, MAY ADOPT A LOCAL LAW REQUIRING INDIVIDUALS  CURRENTLY
SERVING  OR  WHO  SHALL  BE  SENTENCED  TO    A PERIOD OF PROBATION UPON
CONVICTION OF ANY CRIME AND WHO ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT TO DRUG  TESTING,
TO  PAY THE LOCAL PROBATION DEPARTMENT WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SUPER-
VISING THE PROBATIONER AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE  DETERMINED  BY  THE  LOCAL
PROBATION DEPARTMENT. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL WAIVE ALL OR PART OF SUCH FEE
WHERE,  BECAUSE  OF  THE  INDIGENCE OF THE OFFENDER, THE PAYMENT OF SAID
SURCHARGE WOULD WORK AN UNREASONABLE HARDSHIP ON THE  PERSON  CONVICTED,
HIS  OR  HER  IMMEDIATE  FAMILY, OR ANY OTHER PERSON WHO IS DEPENDENT ON
SUCH PERSON FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
  3. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, EVERY  COUNTY  AND  THE
CITY  OF NEW YORK, MAY ADOPT A LOCAL LAW REQUIRING INDIVIDUALS CURRENTLY
SERVING OR WHO  SHALL  BE  SENTENCED  TO  A  PERIOD  OF  PROBATION  UPON
CONVICTION  OF  ANY  CRIME  AND WHO ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT TO ELECTRONIC
MONITORING, TO PAY THE LOCAL PROBATION DEPARTMENT WITH THE  RESPONSIBIL-
ITY  OF  SUPERVISING THE PROBATIONER AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE DETERMINED BY
THE LOCAL PROBATION DEPARTMENT. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL WAIVE ALL  OR  PART
OF SUCH FEE WHERE, BECAUSE OF THE INDIGENCE OF THE OFFENDER, THE PAYMENT
OF  SAID  SURCHARGE  WOULD  WORK  AN UNREASONABLE HARDSHIP ON THE PERSON
CONVICTED, HIS OR HER IMMEDIATE FAMILY,  OR  ANY  OTHER  PERSON  WHO  IS
DEPENDENT ON SUCH PERSON FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07938-01-5

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