Senate Bill S773

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires crime victims, upon request, to be notified of parole hearing of perpetrator of crime

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee


  • 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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2009-S773 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3033
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §259-c, Exec L

2009-S773 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires crime victims, upon request, to be notified of parole release interview of perpetrator of crime against such victim not later than sixty days prior to such interview; notice shall identify the nature of the hearing, the location and time of hearing and inform victim that he or she shall be permitted to submit a written statement to such hearing.

2009-S773 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S773 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   773

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ALESI  -- 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, in relation to certain notifications
  to crime victims

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

  Section  1.  Section 259-c of the executive law is amended by adding a
new closing paragraph to read as follows:
  UPON THE REQUEST OF A CRIME VICTIM THAT SUCH CRIME VICTIM BE  NOTIFIED
OF  ANY  PAROLE RELEASE INTERVIEW TO BE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS CHAP-
TER, CONCERNING THE PERPETRATOR OF THE CRIME AGAINST SUCH CRIME  VICTIM,
SUCH  NOTIFICATION  SHALL  BE FORWARDED BY FIRST CLASS MAIL TO THE CRIME
VICTIM'S LAST KNOWN ADDRESS, NOT LATER THAN SIXTY  DAYS  PRIOR  TO  SUCH
INTERVIEW  OR  ANY  DATE  TO WHICH SUCH HEARING HAS BEEN ADJOURNED. SUCH
NOTICE SHALL CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE NATURE OF THE INTERVIEW, THE  LOCATION
AND  TIME  OF  SAME,  AND  SHALL INFORM SUCH CRIME VICTIM THAT HE OR SHE
SHALL BE PERMITTED TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN, AUDIOTAPED, OR VIDEOTAPED  CRIME
VICTIM  IMPACT  STATEMENT  TO  THE  STATE  DIVISION OF PAROLE OR TO MEET
PERSONALLY WITH A MEMBER OR MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF  PAROLE  AT  A
TIME  AND PLACE SEPARATE FROM THE PERSONAL INTERVIEW BETWEEN A MEMBER OR
MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF PAROLE, AND THAT THE CRIME  VICTIM  IMPACT
STATEMENT  WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE STATE BOARD OF PAROLE AT SUCH HEAR-
ING.  "CRIME VICTIM", FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, SHALL MEAN (A) ONE
WHO HAS SUSTAINED PHYSICAL OR FINANCIAL INJURY  TO  PERSON  OR  PROPERTY
DIRECTLY  ATTRIBUTABLE  TO THE CRIMINAL CONDUCT FOR WHICH THE INMATE HAS
BEEN INCARCERATED; (B) THE WIDOW, WIDOWER OR CLOSEST SURVIVING  RELATIVE
OF  A  DECEASED  VICTIM; (C) IN THE EVENT OF A CRIME VICTIM WHO IS PHYS-
ICALLY OR MENTALLY INCAPACITATED, THE SPOUSE, PARENT, COMMITTEE, CONSER-
VATOR, OR GUARDIAN OF SUCH VICTIM; OR (D) THE  LEGAL  REPRESENTATIVE  OF
SUCH VICTIM.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01788-01-9
              

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