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                                   1659
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to expungement
   of records for certain juveniles convicted  of  a  nonviolent  offense
   after seven years
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The criminal procedure law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 440.75 to read as follows:
 § 440.75 PETITION  FOR  EXPUNGEMENT  OF  RECORDS  FOR  CERTAIN JUVENILES
            CONVICTED OF A NONVIOLENT OFFENSE.
   1. ANY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED AS  A  JUVENILE  OF  A
 NONVIOLENT  OFFENSE, PROVIDED THAT AN ELIGIBLE OFFENSE SHALL NOT INCLUDE
 ANY SEX OFFENSE AS DEFINED UNDER SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION ONE  HUNDRED
 SIXTY-EIGHT-A  OF  THE  CORRECTION  LAW, SHALL AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF A
 PERIOD  OF  SEVEN  YEARS  FROM  THE  DATE  OF  SUCH  PERSON'S   PREVIOUS
 CONVICTION,  SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF SUCH PERSON'S PROBATION, PAROLE,
 SUPERVISED RELEASE AND PAYMENT  OF  ANY  FINES  IMPOSED  OR  RESTITUTION
 ORDERED, WHICHEVER IS LATER, HAVE ALL RECORDS AND INFORMATION PERTAINING
 TO  SUCH PERSON'S CONVICTION EXPUNGED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FORTY-FIVE
 OF SECTION 1.20 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION THE TERM "JUVENILE"  SHALL  MEAN  A
 PERSON BETWEEN THE AGES OF SEVEN AND EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
   §  2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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