NY State Senate Bill 2015-S1012A

Senate Bill S1012A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes the New York state justice reinvestment fund and program to provide not-for-profit and faith based entities with funding to improve certain communities; appropriation

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Jan 21, 2016	print number 1012a
Jan 21, 2016	amend and recommit to finance
Jan 06, 2016	referred to finance
Jan 08, 2015	referred to finance

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2015-S1012 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Appropriations
Laws Affected:: Add §99-y, St Fin L; add §844-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S1265
2011-2012: S104
2013-2014: S1323
2017-2018: S3741
2019-2020: S765

2015-S1012 - Summary

Establishes the New York state justice reinvestment fund and program to provide not-for-profit and faith based entities with funding to improve communities with a higher than normal criminal offender and ex-offender population; appropriates $10,000,000 therefor.

2015-S1012 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1012

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the state finance law and the
executive law, in relation to establishing the New York state justice
reinvestment fund and the New York state justice reinvestment program;
and making an appropriation therefor

 PURPOSE :

To establish a program and funding for not-for-profit agencies and
faith based organizations to coordinate with state and local criminal
justice agencies and community and family support programs to enhance
reentry support for prisoners returning to affected communities.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends the state finance law by adding a new section 99-y to
establish a justice reinvestment fund in joint custody of the state
comptroller and the commissioner of the division of criminal justice
services. Provides for the distribution of such appropriated funds to
qualified entities.

Section 2 amends the executive law by adding a new section 844-c to
create a New York State Justice Reinvestment Program under the
Commissioner of the Division of Criminal Justice Services. It provides
that such program shall coordinate the efforts of state and local

criminal justice agencies with those of not-for-profit and faith based
organizations and family support programs to facilitate the reentry of
inmates to communities. It further defines the duties and
responsibilities of the Commissioner of the Division of Criminal
Justice Services and qualified entities.

Section 3 appropriates the sum of ten million dollars to the New York
State Justice Reinvestment Fund.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Criminal justice experts increasingly recognize the critical roles
that community organizations, criminal justice agencies, families and
family support agencies play in re-entry support for returning
prisoners, alternatives to incarceration and recidivism. Escalating
funding for the correctional system and incarceration may have a
positive economic impact on those communities in which the facilities
are located but little or no impact on crime and recidivism. This
initiative is an inducement for state and local criminal justice
agencies, courts, district attorneys, criminal defense offices,
community and faith based organizations, families and family support
agencies in communities where offenders and ex-offenders are
concentrated to combine their efforts to reduce crime and recidivism.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2009-2010: S.1265- Died in Committee
2007-2008: S.2018- Died in Committee
2005-2006: S.1063- Died in Committee
2004-2005: S.6516 -Died in Committee
2011-2012: S.104- Died in Committee
2013-2014: S.1323- Died in Committee

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

$10 million

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S1012 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1012

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 8, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the executive law, in relation
  to establishing the New York state justice reinvestment fund  and  the
  New  York  state justice reinvestment program; and making an appropri-
  ation therefor

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

  Section  1.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section
99-w to read as follows:
  S 99-W. NEW YORK STATE JUSTICE REINVESTMENT FUND. 1. THERE  IS  HEREBY
ESTABLISHED  IN  THE  JOINT  CUSTODY  OF  THE  STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE
COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AN ACCOUNT  TO
BE KNOWN AS THE NEW YORK STATE JUSTICE REINVESTMENT FUND.
  2.  SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONEYS APPROPRIATED FOR THE PURPOSE
OF SUCH FUND, ALL OTHER MONEYS CREDITED  OR  TRANSFERRED  TO  SUCH  FUND
PURSUANT  TO  LAW, ALL MONEYS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
OR ANY OTHER LAW TO BE PAID INTO OR  CREDITED  TO  SUCH  FUND,  AND  ALL
MONEYS RECEIVED BY THE FUND OR DONATED TO IT.
  3.  MONEYS OF SUCH FUND SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR APPROPRIATION AND ALLO-
CATION TO THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL  JUSTICE  SERVICES  FOR  PURPOSES  OF
DISTRIBUTING  SUCH  MONEYS  TO  QUALIFIED ENTITIES OF THE NEW YORK STATE
JUSTICE  REINVESTMENT  PROGRAM  PURSUANT  TO   SECTION   EIGHT   HUNDRED
FORTY-FOUR-C OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
  4.  MONEYS  SHALL  BE  PAID  OUT ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF THE COMP-
TROLLER ON VOUCHERS CERTIFIED OR APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF  CRIMI-
NAL JUSTICE SERVICES.
  S  2.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 844-c to
read as follows:
  S 844-C. NEW YORK STATE JUSTICE REINVESTMENT PROGRAM. 1.  CREATION AND
PURPOSES. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH WITHIN  THE  DIVISION  A  NEW

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01221-01-5

S. 1012                             2

YORK  STATE  JUSTICE REINVESTMENT PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS
TO HAVE STATE AND LOCAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES,  AND  AS  PART  OF  A
LARGER  EFFORT INCLUDING COURTS, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND CRIMINAL DEFENSE
OFFICES,  TO  WORK  IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND
FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY  ON  ISSUES  SUCH  AS  INMATE
RE-ENTRY  INTO THE COMMUNITY, INCARCERATION ALTERNATIVES, FAMILY SUPPORT
PROGRAMS FOR OFFENDERS AND EX-OFFENDERS, AS WELL AS OTHER ISSUES RELATED
TO IMPROVING THE ROLE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
  2. QUALIFIED  ENTITY.  (A)  A  QUALIFIED  ENTITY  SHALL  BE  EITHER  A
NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION OR FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION PROVIDING ONE OR
MORE OF THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:
  (I)  RE-ENTRY  SUPPORT FOR INMATES RETURNING TO THE COMMUNITY, INCLUD-
ING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO JOB DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE;
  (II) INCARCERATION ALTERNATIVES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO  COMMU-
NITY  SERVICE PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY YOUTH COURT, ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOLS,
SERVICE-ENRICHED SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY BASED  DRUG  TREATMENT
PROGRAMS;
  (III)    FAMILY    SUPPORT,    INCLUDING,    BUT    NOT   LIMITED   TO
FATHERHOOD/PARENTING PROGRAMS, FOR OFFENDERS AND EX-OFFENDERS; AND
  (IV) COMMUNITY BASED  COLLABORATIVE  PROGRAMS  WITH  CRIMINAL  JUSTICE
AGENCIES.
  (B)  A  QUALIFIED  ENTITY SHALL BE LOCATED IN COMMUNITIES WHICH HAVE A
HIGHER THAN NORMAL  CONCENTRATION  OF  OFFENDERS  AND  EX-OFFENDERS,  AS
DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  (C)  A  QUALIFIED  ENTITY'S  SERVICES SHALL HAVE A PRIMARY EMPHASIS ON
COMMUNITIES WHICH HAVE A HIGHER THAN NORMAL CONCENTRATION  OF  OFFENDERS
AND EX-OFFENDERS, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  (D)  A  QUALIFIED  ENTITY SHALL SUBMIT A STRATEGIC PLAN TO THE COMMIS-
SIONER DETAILING HOW THE APPLICANT'S PROGRAM WILL REDUCE CRIME AND RECI-
DIVISM IN COMMUNITIES WITH A HIGHER THAN NORMAL CONCENTRATION OF  OFFEN-
DERS AND EX-OFFENDERS, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  3.  APPLICATION.  ANY QUALIFIED ENTITY SEEKING FUNDS FROM THE DIVISION
SHALL FILE AN APPLICATION, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER. ALL  FUNDS
AUTHORIZED  PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE PAID FROM THE NEW YORK
STATE JUSTICE REINVESTMENT FUND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION NINETY-NINE-W
OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
  4. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMISSIONER. (A)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE APPLICATION OF GRANT MONEY FROM
THE NEW YORK STATE JUSTICE REINVESTMENT FUND.
  (B)  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL DESIGNATE QUALIFIED ENTITIES BASED ON THE
APPLICATION CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THIS SECTION AND ADDITIONAL CRITERIA
AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  S 3. The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000), or so much  thereof
as  may  be  necessary,  is  hereby  appropriated  to the New York state
justice reinvestment fund from the general fund, for  administration  of
grants  to  qualified  entities  selected  by  the  division of criminal
justice services.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S1012A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Appropriations
Laws Affected:: Add §99-y, St Fin L; add §844-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S1265
2011-2012: S104
2013-2014: S1323
2017-2018: S3741
2019-2020: S765

2015-S1012A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S1012A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1012A

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the state finance law and the executive law, in
relation to establishing the New York state justice reinvestment fund
and the New York state justice reinvestment program; and making an
appropriation therefor

 PURPOSE :

To establish a program and funding for not-for-profit agencies and
faith based organizations to coordinate with state and local criminal
justice agencies and community and family support programs to enhance
reentry support for prisoners returning to affected communities.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends the state finance law by adding a new section 99-w to
establish a justice reinvestment fund in joint custody of the state
comptroller and the commissioner of the division of criminal justice
services. Provides for the distribution of such appropriated funds to
qualified entities.

Section 2 amends the executive law by adding a new section 844-c to
create a New York State Justice Reinvestment Program under the

Commissioner of the Division of Criminal Justice Services. It provides
that such program shall coordinate the efforts of state and local
criminal justice agencies with those of not-for-profit and faith based
organizations and family support programs to facilitate the reentry of
inmates to communities. It further defines the duties and
responsibilities of the Commissioner of the Division of Criminal
Justice Services and qualified entities.

Section 3 appropriates the sum of ten million dollars to the New York
State Justice Reinvestment Fund.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Criminal justice experts increasingly recognize the critical roles
that community organizations, criminal justice agencies, families and
family support agencies play in re-entry support for returning
prisoners, alternatives to incarceration and recidivism. Escalating
funding for the correctional system and incarceration may have a
positive economic impact on those communities in which the facilities
are located but little or no impact on crime and recidivism. This
initiative is an inducement for state and local criminal justice
agencies, courts, district attorneys, criminal defense offices,
community and faith based organizations, families and family support
agencies in communities where offenders and ex-offenders are
concentrated to combine their efforts to reduce crime and recidivism.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2009-2010: S.1265 - Died in Committee
2007-2008: S.2018 - Died in Committee
2005-2006: S.1063 - Died in Committee
2004-2005: S.6516 - Died in Committee
2011-2012: S.104 - Died in Committee
2013-2014: S.1323 - Died in Committee

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

$10 million

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S1012A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 1012--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 8, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance --  recommit-
  ted to the Committee on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec.
  8  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
  and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the executive law, in relation
  to establishing the New York state justice reinvestment fund  and  the
  New  York  state justice reinvestment program; and making an appropri-
  ation therefor

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

  Section  1.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section
99-y to read as follows:
  S 99-Y. NEW YORK STATE JUSTICE REINVESTMENT FUND. 1. THERE  IS  HEREBY
ESTABLISHED  IN  THE  JOINT  CUSTODY  OF  THE  STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE
COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AN ACCOUNT  TO
BE KNOWN AS THE NEW YORK STATE JUSTICE REINVESTMENT FUND.
  2.  SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONEYS APPROPRIATED FOR THE PURPOSE
OF SUCH FUND, ALL OTHER MONEYS CREDITED  OR  TRANSFERRED  TO  SUCH  FUND
PURSUANT  TO  LAW, ALL MONEYS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
OR ANY OTHER LAW TO BE PAID INTO OR  CREDITED  TO  SUCH  FUND,  AND  ALL
MONEYS RECEIVED BY THE FUND OR DONATED TO IT.
  3.  MONEYS OF SUCH FUND SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR APPROPRIATION AND ALLO-
CATION TO THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL  JUSTICE  SERVICES  FOR  PURPOSES  OF
DISTRIBUTING  SUCH  MONEYS  TO  QUALIFIED ENTITIES OF THE NEW YORK STATE
JUSTICE  REINVESTMENT  PROGRAM  PURSUANT  TO   SECTION   EIGHT   HUNDRED
FORTY-FOUR-C OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
  4.  MONEYS  SHALL  BE  PAID  OUT ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF THE COMP-
TROLLER ON VOUCHERS CERTIFIED OR APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF  CRIMI-
NAL JUSTICE SERVICES.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01221-03-6

S. 1012--A                          2

  S  2.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 844-c to
read as follows:
  S 844-C. NEW YORK STATE JUSTICE REINVESTMENT PROGRAM. 1.  CREATION AND
PURPOSES.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ESTABLISH WITHIN THE DIVISION A NEW
YORK STATE JUSTICE REINVESTMENT PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE OF THE  PROGRAM  IS
TO  HAVE  STATE  AND  LOCAL  CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES, AND AS PART OF A
LARGER EFFORT INCLUDING COURTS, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND CRIMINAL  DEFENSE
OFFICES,  TO  WORK  IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND
FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY  ON  ISSUES  SUCH  AS  INMATE
RE-ENTRY  INTO THE COMMUNITY, INCARCERATION ALTERNATIVES, FAMILY SUPPORT
PROGRAMS FOR OFFENDERS AND EX-OFFENDERS, AS WELL AS OTHER ISSUES RELATED
TO IMPROVING THE ROLE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
  2. QUALIFIED  ENTITY.  (A)  A  QUALIFIED  ENTITY  SHALL  BE  EITHER  A
NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION OR FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION PROVIDING ONE OR
MORE OF THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:
  (I)  RE-ENTRY  SUPPORT FOR INMATES RETURNING TO THE COMMUNITY, INCLUD-
ING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO JOB DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE;
  (II) INCARCERATION ALTERNATIVES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO  COMMU-
NITY  SERVICE PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY YOUTH COURT, ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOLS,
SERVICE-ENRICHED SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY BASED  DRUG  TREATMENT
PROGRAMS;
  (III)    FAMILY    SUPPORT,    INCLUDING,    BUT    NOT   LIMITED   TO
FATHERHOOD/PARENTING PROGRAMS, FOR OFFENDERS AND EX-OFFENDERS; AND
  (IV) COMMUNITY BASED  COLLABORATIVE  PROGRAMS  WITH  CRIMINAL  JUSTICE
AGENCIES.
  (B)  A  QUALIFIED  ENTITY SHALL BE LOCATED IN COMMUNITIES WHICH HAVE A
HIGHER THAN NORMAL  CONCENTRATION  OF  OFFENDERS  AND  EX-OFFENDERS,  AS
DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  (C)  A  QUALIFIED  ENTITY'S  SERVICES SHALL HAVE A PRIMARY EMPHASIS ON
COMMUNITIES WHICH HAVE A HIGHER THAN NORMAL CONCENTRATION  OF  OFFENDERS
AND EX-OFFENDERS, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  (D)  A  QUALIFIED  ENTITY SHALL SUBMIT A STRATEGIC PLAN TO THE COMMIS-
SIONER DETAILING HOW THE APPLICANT'S PROGRAM WILL REDUCE CRIME AND RECI-
DIVISM IN COMMUNITIES WITH A HIGHER THAN NORMAL CONCENTRATION OF  OFFEN-
DERS AND EX-OFFENDERS, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  3.  APPLICATION.  ANY QUALIFIED ENTITY SEEKING FUNDS FROM THE DIVISION
SHALL FILE AN APPLICATION, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER. ALL  FUNDS
AUTHORIZED  PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE PAID FROM THE NEW YORK
STATE JUSTICE REINVESTMENT FUND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION NINETY-NINE-Y
OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
  4. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMISSIONER. (A)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE APPLICATION OF GRANT MONEY FROM
THE NEW YORK STATE JUSTICE REINVESTMENT FUND.
  (B)  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL DESIGNATE QUALIFIED ENTITIES BASED ON THE
APPLICATION CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THIS SECTION AND ADDITIONAL CRITERIA
AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  S 3. The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000), or so much  thereof
as  may  be  necessary,  is  hereby  appropriated  to the New York state
justice reinvestment fund from the general fund, for  administration  of
grants  to  qualified  entities  selected  by  the  division of criminal
justice services.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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