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                                  5542

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 16, 2013
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Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
  Correction

AN  ACT  to  amend  the executive law and the criminal procedure law, in
  relation to the provision of notice to crime victims or crime victim's
  representatives, and the office of the district attorney prior to  the
  conduct  of  a  parole  hearing  or  the release of an inmate from the
  custody of the department of corrections and community supervision

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

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
"Susan's law".
  S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 259-i of the executive law is amended by
adding two new paragraphs (a-1) and (f) to read as follows:
  (A-1) NOT LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO CONDUCTING OF AN INTERVIEW OF
AN INMATE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE STATE BOARD
OF PAROLE SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE TIME, DATE, LOCATION  AND  PURPOSE
OF  SUCH  INTERVIEW BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, AND THE
MOST EXPEDITIOUS ELECTRONIC MEANS POSSIBLE TO THE OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY WHICH PROSECUTED SUCH INMATE  AND  THE  CRIME  VICTIM  OF  SUCH
INMATE OR SUCH VICTIM'S REPRESENTATIVE AS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (A) OF
PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
  (F)  NOT LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF ANY INMATE FROM
THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION,
SUCH DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE THEREOF BY CERTIFIED  MAIL,  RETURN
RECEIPT REQUESTED, AND THE MOST EXPEDITIOUS ELECTRONIC MEANS POSSIBLE TO
THE OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHICH PROSECUTED SUCH INMATE AND THE
CRIME  VICTIM  OF SUCH INMATE OR SUCH VICTIM'S REPRESENTATIVE AS DEFINED
IN SUBPARAGRAPH (A) OF PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
  S 3. Section 440.50 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  4. (A) NOT LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE CONDUCTING OF AN  INTER-
VIEW  OF  AN  INMATE  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF
SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE-I OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, THE  STATE  BOARD
OF  PAROLE  SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE TIME, DATE, LOCATION AND PURPOSE
OF  SUCH  INTERVIEW BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, AND THE
MOST EXPEDITIOUS ELECTRONIC MEANS POSSIBLE TO THE OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY THAT PROSECUTED SUCH  INMATE.  THEREAFTER,  SUCH  OFFICE  SHALL
IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE NOTICE OF SUCH INTERVIEW TO THE VICTIM.
  (B)  NOT LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF ANY INMATE FROM
THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY  SUPERVISION,
SUCH  DEPARTMENT  SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE THEREOF BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN
RECEIPT REQUESTED, AND THE MOST EXPEDITIOUS ELECTRONIC MEANS POSSIBLE TO
THE OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY THAT PROSECUTED SUCH INMATE.  THERE-
AFTER, SUCH OFFICE SHALL IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE NOTICE OF SUCH  RELEASE  TO
THE VICTIM.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.