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§ 3. Section 60.35 of the penal law, as amended by section 1 of part E
of chapter 56 of the laws of 2004, subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of
paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 as amended by section 1 of part DD of
chapter 56 of the laws of 2008, paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 as
amended by chapter 320 of the laws of 2006, subdivision 4 as amended by
chapter 525 of the laws of 2013, subdivision 8 as amended by section 121
of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, and subdivi-
sion 10 as amended by section 2 of part Y of chapter 56 of the laws of
2008, is amended to read as follows:
§ 60.35 Mandatory surcharge, sex offender registration fee, DNA databank
fee, supplemental sex offender victim fee, SUPPLEMENTAL CHILD
VICTIM FEE and crime victim assistance fee required in certain
cases.
1. (a) Except as provided in section eighteen hundred nine of the
vehicle and traffic law and section 27.12 of the parks, recreation and
historic preservation law, whenever proceedings in an administrative
tribunal or a court of this state result in a conviction for a felony, a
misdemeanor, or a violation, as these terms are defined in section 10.00
of this chapter, there shall be levied at sentencing a mandatory
surcharge, sex offender registration fee, DNA databank fee and a crime
victim assistance fee in addition to any sentence required or permitted
by law, in accordance with the following schedule:
(i) a person convicted of a felony shall pay a mandatory surcharge of
three hundred dollars and a crime victim assistance fee of twenty-five
dollars;
(ii) a person convicted of a misdemeanor shall pay a mandatory
surcharge of one hundred seventy-five dollars and a crime victim assist-
ance fee of twenty-five dollars;
(iii) a person convicted of a violation shall pay a mandatory
surcharge of ninety-five dollars and a crime victim assistance fee of
twenty-five dollars;
(iv) a person convicted of a sex offense as defined by subdivision two
of section one hundred sixty-eight-a of the correction law or a sexually
violent offense as defined by subdivision three of section one hundred
sixty-eight-a of the correction law shall, in addition to a mandatory
surcharge and crime victim assistance fee, pay a sex offender registra-
tion fee of fifty dollars.
(v) a person convicted of a designated offense as defined by subdivi-
sion seven of section nine hundred ninety-five of the executive law
shall, in addition to a mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance
fee, pay a DNA databank fee of fifty dollars.
(b) When the felony or misdemeanor conviction in subparagraphs (i),
(ii) or (iv) of paragraph (a) of this subdivision results from an
offense contained in article one hundred thirty of this chapter, incest
in the third, second or first degree as defined in sections 255.25,
255.26 and 255.27 of this chapter or an offense contained in article two
hundred sixty-three of this chapter, the person convicted shall pay a
supplemental sex offender victim fee of one thousand dollars in addition
to the mandatory surcharge and any other fee.
(C) WHEN THE FELONY OR MISDEMEANOR CONVICTION IN SUBPARAGRAPHS (I),
(II) OR (IV) OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION RESULTS FROM AN
OFFENSE DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-A
OF THE CORRECTION LAW, A SEXUALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENT OFFENSE AS DEFINED
BY SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-A OF THE
CORRECTION LAW, ANY OFFENSE CONTAINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF
THIS CHAPTER, INCEST IN THE THIRD, SECOND OR FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN
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SECTIONS 255.25, 255.26 AND 255.27 OF THIS CHAPTER, OR AN OFFENSE
CONTAINED IN ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER, AND THE
PERSON AGAINST WHOM THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED WAS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGH-
TEEN AT THE TIME OF THE CRIMINAL ACT, THE PERSON CONVICTED SHALL PAY A
SUPPLEMENTAL CHILD VICTIM FEE OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ADDITION TO THE
MANDATORY SURCHARGE AND ANY OTHER FEE OR SUPPLEMENTAL FEE.
2. Where a person is convicted of two or more crimes or violations
committed through a single act or omission, or through an act or omis-
sion which in itself constituted one of the crimes or violations and
also was a material element of the other, the court shall impose a
mandatory surcharge and a crime victim assistance fee, and where appro-
priate a supplemental sex offender victim fee AND A SUPPLEMENTAL CHILD
VICTIM FEE, in accordance with the provisions of this section for the
crime or violation which carries the highest classification, and no
other sentence to pay a mandatory surcharge, crime victim assistance fee
[or], supplemental sex offender victim fee OR A SUPPLEMENTAL CHILD
VICTIM FEE required by this section shall be imposed. Where a person is
convicted of two or more sex offenses or sexually violent offenses, as
defined by subdivisions two and three of section one hundred sixty-
eight-a of the correction law, committed through a single act or omis-
sion, or through an act or omission which in itself constituted one of
the offenses and also was a material element of the other, the court
shall impose only one sex offender registration fee, AND ONLY ONE
SUPPLEMENTAL CHILD VICTIM FEE. Where a person is convicted of two or
more designated offenses, as defined by subdivision seven of section
nine hundred ninety-five of the executive law, committed through a
single act or omission, or through an act or omission which in itself
constituted one of the offenses and also was a material element of the
other, the court shall impose only one DNA databank fee.
3. The mandatory surcharge, sex offender registration fee, DNA data-
bank fee, crime victim assistance fee, [and] supplemental sex offender
victim fee, AND SUPPLEMENTAL CHILD VICTIM FEE provided for in subdivi-
sion one of this section shall be paid to the clerk of the court or
administrative tribunal that rendered the conviction. Within the first
ten days of the month following collection of the mandatory surcharge,
crime victim assistance fee, [and] supplemental sex offender victim fee,
AND SUPPLEMENTAL CHILD VICTIM FEE, the collecting authority shall deter-
mine the amount of mandatory surcharge, crime victim assistance fee, and
supplemental sex offender victim fee collected and, if it is an adminis-
trative tribunal, or a town or village justice court, it shall then pay
such money to the state comptroller who shall deposit such money in the
state treasury pursuant to section one hundred twenty-one of the state
finance law to the credit of the criminal justice improvement account
established by section ninety-seven-bb of the state finance law. Within
the first ten days of the month following collection of the sex offender
registration fee and DNA databank fee, the collecting authority shall
determine the amount of the sex offender registration fee and DNA data-
bank fee collected and, if it is an administrative tribunal, or a town
or village justice court, it shall then pay such money to the state
comptroller who shall deposit such money in the state treasury pursuant
to section one hundred twenty-one of the state finance law to the credit
of the general fund. If such collecting authority is any other court of
the unified court system, it shall, within such period, pay such money
attributable to the mandatory surcharge or crime victim assistance fee
to the state commissioner of taxation and finance to the credit of the
criminal justice improvement account established by section ninety-sev-
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en-bb of the state finance law. If such collecting authority is any
other court of the unified court system, it shall, within such period,
pay such money attributable to the sex offender registration fee and the
DNA databank fee to the state commissioner of taxation and finance to
the credit of the general fund.
4. Any person who has paid a mandatory surcharge, sex offender regis-
tration fee, DNA databank fee, a crime victim assistance fee or a
supplemental sex offender victim fee under the authority of this section
based upon a conviction that is subsequently reversed or who paid a
mandatory surcharge, sex offender registration fee, DNA databank fee, a
crime victim assistance fee or supplemental sex offender victim fee
under the authority of this section which is ultimately determined not
to be required by this section shall be entitled to a refund of such
mandatory surcharge, sex offender registration fee, DNA databank fee,
crime victim assistance fee or supplemental sex offender victim fee upon
application, in the case of a town or village court, to the state comp-
troller. The state comptroller shall require such proof as is necessary
in order to determine whether a refund is required by law. In all other
cases, such application shall be made to the department, agency or court
that collected such surcharge or fee. Such department, agency or court
shall initiate the refund process and the state comptroller shall pay
the refund pursuant to subdivision fifteen of section eight of the state
finance law.
5. (a) When a person who is convicted of a crime or violation and
sentenced to a term of imprisonment has failed to pay the mandatory
surcharge, sex offender registration fee, DNA databank fee, crime victim
assistance fee [or], supplemental sex offender victim fee OR SUPPLE-
MENTAL CHILD VICTIM FEE required by this section, the clerk of the court
that rendered the conviction shall notify the superintendent or the
municipal official of the facility where the person is confined. The
superintendent or the municipal official shall cause any amount owing to
be collected from such person during his or her term of imprisonment
from moneys to the credit of an inmates' fund or such moneys as may be
earned by a person in a work release program pursuant to section eight
hundred sixty of the correction law. Such moneys attributable to the
mandatory surcharge or crime victim assistance fee shall be paid over to
the state comptroller to the credit of the criminal justice improvement
account established by section ninety-seven-bb of the state finance law,
SUCH MONEYS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL CHILD VICTIM FEE SHALL BE
PAID OVER TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER TO THE CREDIT OF THE CHILD VICTIM
FOUNDATION FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION NINETY-NINE-HH OF THE STATE
FINANCE LAW and such moneys attributable to the sex offender registra-
tion fee or DNA databank fee shall be paid over to the state comptroller
to the credit of the general fund, except that any such moneys collected
which are surcharges, sex offender registration fees, DNA databank fees,
crime victim assistance fees or supplemental sex offender victim fees
levied in relation to convictions obtained in a town or village justice
court shall be paid within thirty days after the receipt thereof by the
superintendent or municipal official of the facility to the justice of
the court in which the conviction was obtained. For the purposes of
collecting such mandatory surcharge, sex offender registration fee, DNA
databank fee, crime victim assistance fee, [and] supplemental sex offen-
der victim fee, AND SUPPLEMENTAL CHILD VICTIM FEE, the state shall be
legally entitled to the money to the credit of an inmates' fund or money
which is earned by an inmate in a work release program. For purposes of
this subdivision, the term "inmates' fund" shall mean moneys in the
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possession of an inmate at the time of his or her admission into such
facility, funds earned by him or her as provided for in section one
hundred eighty-seven of the correction law and any other funds received
by him or her or on his or her behalf and deposited with such super-
intendent or municipal official.
(b) The incarceration fee provided for in subdivision two of section
one hundred eighty-nine of the correction law shall not be assessed or
collected if any order of restitution or reparation, fine, mandatory
surcharge, sex offender registration fee, DNA databank fee, crime victim
assistance fee [or], supplemental sex offender victim fee OR SUPPLE-
MENTAL CHILD VICTIM FEE remains unpaid. In such circumstances, any
monies which may lawfully be withheld from the compensation paid to a
prisoner for work performed while housed in a general confinement facil-
ity in satisfaction of such an obligation shall first be applied toward
satisfaction of such obligation.
6. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, where a person
has made restitution or reparation pursuant to section 60.27 of this
article, such person shall not be required to pay a mandatory surcharge
or a crime victim assistance fee.
7. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of section 60.00
of this article, the provisions of subdivision one of this section shall
not apply to a violation under any law other than this chapter.
8. Subdivision one of section 130.10 of the criminal procedure law
notwithstanding, at the time that the mandatory surcharge, sex offender
registration fee or DNA databank fee, crime victim assistance fee [or],
supplemental sex offender victim fee OR SUPPLEMENTAL CHILD VICTIM FEE is
imposed a town or village court may, and all other courts shall, issue
and cause to be served upon the person required to pay the mandatory
surcharge, sex offender registration fee or DNA databank fee, crime
victim assistance fee [or], supplemental sex offender victim fee OR
SUPPLEMENTAL CHILD VICTIM FEE, a summons directing that such person
appear before the court regarding the payment of the mandatory
surcharge, sex offender registration fee or DNA databank fee, crime
victim assistance fee [or], supplemental sex offender victim fee OR
SUPPLEMENTAL CHILD VICTIM FEE, if after sixty days from the date it was
imposed it remains unpaid. The designated date of appearance on the
summons shall be set for the first day court is in session falling after
the sixtieth day from the imposition of the mandatory surcharge, sex
offender registration fee or DNA databank fee, crime victim assistance
fee [or], supplemental sex offender victim fee OR SUPPLEMENTAL CHILD
VICTIM FEE. The summons shall contain the information required by
subdivision two of section 130.10 of the criminal procedure law except
that in substitution for the requirement of paragraph (c) of such subdi-
vision the summons shall state that the person served must appear at a
date, time and specific location specified in the summons if after sixty
days from the date of issuance the mandatory surcharge, sex offender
registration fee or DNA databank fee, crime victim assistance fee [or],
supplemental sex offender victim fee OR SUPPLEMENTAL CHILD VICTIM FEE
remains unpaid. The court shall not issue a summons under this subdivi-
sion to a person who is being sentenced to a term of confinement in
excess of sixty days in jail or in the department of corrections and
community supervision. The mandatory surcharges, sex offender registra-
tion fee and DNA databank fees, crime victim assistance fees [and],
supplemental sex offender victim fees AND SUPPLEMENTAL CHILD VICTIM FEES
for those persons shall be governed by the provisions of section 60.30
of this article.
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9. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
in the event a proceeding is in a town or village court, such court
shall add an additional five dollars to the surcharges imposed by such
subdivision one.
10. The provisions of this section shall apply to sentences imposed
upon a youthful offender finding; provided, however that the court shall
not impose the sex offender registration fee, DNA databank fee [or],
supplemental sex offender victim fee OR SUPPLEMENTAL CHILD VICTIM FEE,
as defined in subparagraphs (iv) and (v) of paragraph (a) [and], para-
graph (b) AND PARAGRAPH (C) of subdivision one of this section, for an
offense in which the conviction was substituted with a youthful offender
finding.
§ 4. Subdivision 5 of section 60.35 of the penal law, as amended by
section 2 of part E of chapter 56 of the laws of 2004, is amended to
read as follows:
5. When a person who is convicted of a crime or violation and
sentenced to a term of imprisonment has failed to pay the mandatory
surcharge, sex offender registration fee, DNA databank fee, crime victim
assistance fee [or], supplemental sex offender victim fee OR SUPPLE-
MENTAL CHILD VICTIM FEE required by this section, the clerk of the court
that rendered the conviction shall notify the superintendent or the
municipal official of the facility where the person is confined. The
superintendent or the municipal official shall cause any amount owing to
be collected from such person during his or her term of imprisonment
from moneys to the credit of an inmates' fund or such moneys as may be
earned by a person in a work release program pursuant to section eight
hundred sixty of the correction law. Such moneys attributable to the
mandatory surcharge or crime victim assistance fee shall be paid over to
the state comptroller to the credit of the criminal justice improvement
account established by section ninety-seven-bb of the state finance law,
SUCH MONEYS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL CHILD VICTIM FEE SHALL BE
PAID OVER TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER TO THE CREDIT OF THE CHILD VICTIM
FOUNDATION FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION NINETY-NINE-HH OF THE STATE
FINANCE LAW and such moneys attributable to the sex offender registra-
tion fee or DNA databank fee shall be paid over to the state comptroller
to the credit of the general fund, except that any such moneys collected
which are surcharges, sex offender registration fees, DNA databank fees,
crime victim assistance fees or supplemental sex offender victim fees
levied in relation to convictions obtained in a town or village justice
court shall be paid within thirty days after the receipt thereof by the
superintendent or municipal official of the facility to the justice of
the court in which the conviction was obtained. For the purposes of
collecting such mandatory surcharge, sex offender registration fee, DNA
databank fee, crime victim assistance fee [and], supplemental sex offen-
der victim fee AND SUPPLEMENTAL CHILD VICTIM FEE, the state shall be
legally entitled to the money to the credit of an inmates' fund or money
which is earned by an inmate in a work release program. For purposes of
this subdivision, the term "inmates' fund" shall mean moneys in the
possession of an inmate at the time of his or her admission into such
facility, funds earned by him or her as provided for in section one
hundred eighty-seven of the correction law and any other funds received
by him or her or on his or her behalf and deposited with such super-
intendent or municipal official.
§ 5. Subdivision 3 of section 60.02 of the penal law, as amended by
section 1 of part Y of chapter 56 of the laws of 2008, is amended to
read as follows:
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(3) The provisions of section 60.35 of this article shall apply to a
sentence imposed upon a youthful offender finding and the amount of the
mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee which shall be
levied at sentencing shall be equal to the amount specified in such
section for the offense of conviction for which the youthful offender
finding was substituted; provided, however that the court shall not
impose the sex offender registration fee, DNA databank fee [or], supple-
mental sex offender victim fee OR A SUPPLEMENTAL CHILD VICTIM FEE, as
defined in subparagraphs (iv) and (v) of paragraph (a) [and], paragraph
(b) AND PARAGRAPH (C) of subdivision one of section 60.35 of this arti-
cle, for an offense in which the conviction was substituted with a
youthful offender finding.
§ 6. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-hh to
read as follows:
§ 99-HH. CHILD VICTIM FOUNDATION FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED
IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, THE
COMPTROLLER, AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SERVICES, A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "CHILD VICTIM FOUNDATION
FUND". MONIES IN THE FUND SHALL BE KEPT SEPARATE FROM AND NOT COMMINGLED
WITH OTHER FUNDS.
2. SUCH FUNDS SHALL CONSIST OF THE REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS TWO
HUNDRED NINE-N AND SIX HUNDRED THIRTY-H OF THE TAX LAW, REVENUES
RECEIVED FROM THE SUPPLEMENTAL CHILD VICTIM FEE PURSUANT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 60.35 OF THE PENAL LAW, AND ALL OTHER MONEYS
APPROPRIATED, CREDITED, OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR
SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION SHALL PREVENT
THE STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS, OR BEQUESTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
THE FUND AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION AND DEPOSITING THEM INTO THE FUND
ACCORDING TO LAW.
3. ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY EACH YEAR, THE COMMISSIONER
OF THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE A WRITTEN
REPORT TO THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE
ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR OF THE
ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, THE COMPTROLLER, AND THE PUBLIC. SUCH
REPORT SHALL INCLUDE HOW THE MONIES OF THE FUND WERE UTILIZED DURING THE
PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR, AND SHALL INCLUDE:
(I) THE AMOUNT OF MONEY DISBURSED FROM THE FUND AND THE AWARD PROCESS
FOR SUCH DISBURSEMENT;
(II) RECIPIENTS OF AWARDS FROM THE FUND;
(III) THE AMOUNT AWARDED TO EACH RECIPIENT;
(IV) THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH SUCH AWARDS WERE GRANTED; AND
(V) A SUMMARY FINANCIAL PLAN FOR SUCH MONIES WHICH SHALL INCLUDE ESTI-
MATES OF ALL RECEIPTS AND ALL DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE CURRENT AND SUCCEED-
ING FISCAL YEARS, ALONG WITH THE ACTUAL RESULTS FROM THE PRIOR FISCAL
YEAR.
4. MONIES OF THE FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED ONLY TO NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGAN-
IZATIONS PROVIDING CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL
ABUSE.
5. MONIES SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF
THE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER
OF THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES.
6. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES SHALL ENSURE THAT ALL MONIES RECEIVED DURING A
FISCAL YEAR ARE EXPENDED PRIOR TO THE END OF THAT FISCAL YEAR.
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§ 7. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
years commencing on or after January 1, 2020, provided that the amend-
ments to subdivision 5 of section 60.35 of the penal law made by section
three of this act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of
such subdivision pursuant to section 74 of chapter 3 of the laws of
1995, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of section four of
this act shall take effect.