Assembly Bill A610

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Changes community service to be compensatory service in certain sentencing alternative programs

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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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2013-A610 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §65-b, ABC L; amd §§851 & 855, Cor L; amd §3-0301, En Con L; amd §261, Exec L; amd §3.09, Pks & Rec L; amd §1198, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1801
2011-2012: A692

2013-A610 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Changes community service to be compensatory service in certain sentencing alternative programs to distinguish such service from the service provided by volunteers.

2013-A610 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   610

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Codes

AN  ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, the correction law,
  the environmental conservation law,  the  executive  law,  the  parks,
  recreation  and  historic preservation law and the vehicle and traffic
  law, in relation to compensatory service

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

  Section  1.  Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subdivision 3 and subdivi-
sion 4 of section 65-b of the alcoholic beverage control law, as amended
by chapter 519 of the laws of 1999, are amended to read as follows:
  (a) For a first violation, the court shall order payment of a fine  of
not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  and/or  an appropriate amount of
[community] COMPENSATORY service not to exceed thirty  hours.  In  addi-
tion,  the  court  may  order completion of an alcohol awareness program
established pursuant to section 19.25 of the mental hygiene law.
  (b) For a second violation, the court shall order payment of a fine of
not less than fifty dollars nor more than three  hundred  fifty  dollars
and/or  an appropriate amount of [community] COMPENSATORY service not to
exceed thirty hours. The court also shall order completion of an alcohol
awareness program as referenced in paragraph (a) of this subdivision  if
such  program  has not previously been completed by the offender, unless
the court determines that attendance at such program is not feasible due
to the lack of availability of such program within  a  reasonably  close
proximity to the locality in which the offender resides or matriculates,
as appropriate.
  (c) For third and subsequent violations, the court shall order payment
of  a  fine  of  not less than fifty dollars nor more than seven hundred
fifty dollars and/or an appropriate amount of  [community]  COMPENSATORY
service not to exceed thirty hours. The court also shall order that such

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

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