Assembly Bill A7680

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to notifying victim of crimes electronically

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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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2021-A7680 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7099
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §380.50, CP L

2021-A7680 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows the department of corrections and community supervision to contact a victim of a crime electronically.

2021-A7680 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7680
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DINOWITZ -- (at request of the Department of
   Corrections and Community Supervision) -- read once  and  referred  to
   the Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the criminal procedure law, in relation to notifying
   victims of crimes electronically

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 5 of section 380.50 of the criminal procedure
 law, as amended by section 75 of subpart B of part C of  chapter  62  of
 the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   5. Following the receipt of such form from the prosecutor, it shall be
 the  duty of the department of corrections and community supervision or,
 where the person is committed to the custody of  the  office  of  mental
 health,  at  the  time such person is discharged, paroled, conditionally
 released,  released  to  post-release  supervision,  or  released   from
 confinement  under  article ten of the mental hygiene law, to notify the
 victim of such occurrence by certified mail [directed to the address] OR
 WITH THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE VICTIM EITHER BY REGULAR MAIL OR BY  ELEC-
 TRONIC  TRANSMISSION  USING  THE  CONTACT  INFORMATION  provided  by the
 victim. In the event such person escapes or  absconds  from  a  facility
 under  the  jurisdiction  of the department of corrections and community
 supervision, it shall be the duty of such  department  to  notify  imme-
 diately  the  victim  of such occurrence [at the most current address or
 telephone number] USING THE CONTACT INFORMATION provided by  the  victim
 in  the most reasonable and expedient possible manner. In the event such
 escapee or absconder is subsequently taken into custody by  the  depart-
 ment  of  corrections and community supervision, it shall be the duty of
 such department to notify the victim of such occurrence by certified  OR
 REGULAR  mail  [directed  to  the address] OR BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
 USING THE CONTACT INFORMATION provided by the victim within  forty-eight
 hours  of regaining such custody. In the case of a person who escapes or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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