Senate Bill S7899

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to bona fide work not being considered a parole violation

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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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2019-S7899 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10788
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §410.10, CP L; add §209, amd §274, Cor L; add §259-t, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S2803, A5707

2019-S7899 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to bona fide work not being considered a parole violation.

2019-S7899 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7899 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7899
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 2, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, the correction law, and  the
   executive  law,  in  relation to bona fide work not being considered a
   parole violation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 410.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. WHEN THE COURT PRONOUNCES A SENTENCE OF  PROBATION  OR  CONDITIONAL
 DISCHARGE,  THE  COURT  SHALL  PROVIDE THAT THE PERFORMANCE OF BONA FIDE
 WORK FOR AN EMPLOYER, INCLUDING TRAVEL TIME TO AND FROM BONA FIDE  WORK,
 REGARDLESS  IF  SUCH  WORK  OR  RELATED  TRAVEL TIME IS PERFORMED DURING
 CURFEW  TIMES  SET  BY  CONDITIONS  OF  PROBATION,  PAROLE,  PRESUMPTIVE
 RELEASE, CONDITIONAL RELEASE, RELEASE TO POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION OR ANY
 OTHER TYPE OF SUPERVISED RELEASE, SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED A VIOLATION OF
 SUCH  SENTENCE  OF  PROBATION OR CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE.  FOR PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION, BONA FIDE WORK IS WORK PERFORMED AS  AN  EMPLOYEE  FOR  AN
 EMPLOYER, AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE LABOR LAW.
   § 2. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 209 to read
 as follows:
   §  209.  PERMITTED ACTIVITIES. WHERE ANY PERSON IS GRANTED PRESUMPTIVE
 RELEASE, PAROLE, CONDITIONAL RELEASE OR RELEASE TO  POST-RELEASE  SUPER-
 VISION,  SUCH  PERSON  SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE IN VIOLATION OF AND THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT TERMINATE SUCH GRANTED PRESUMPTIVE RELEASE, PAROLE,
 CONDITIONAL RELEASE, RELEASE TO POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION, OR  ANY  OTHER
 TYPE  OF  SUPERVISED  RELEASE SOLELY BECAUSE SUCH PERSON ENGAGES IN BONA
 FIDE WORK FOR AN EMPLOYER, INCLUDING TRAVEL TIME TO AND FROM  BONA  FIDE
 WORK,  DURING  CURFEW  TIMES  SET WITH A SENTENCE OF PROBATION OR CONDI-
 TIONAL DISCHARGE.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, BONA FIDE WORK IS  WORK
 PERFORMED  AS  AN EMPLOYEE FOR AN EMPLOYER, AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF
 THE LABOR LAW.
   § 3. Section 274 of the correction law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 11 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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