Assembly Bill A5799

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes counties to impose fees for performing drug tests and utilizing electronic monitoring equipment

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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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2019-A5799 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §257-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8093
2015-2016: A5801
2017-2018: A3477
2021-2022: A6509
2023-2024: A4829

2019-A5799 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes counties to impose fees for performing drug tests and utilizing electronic monitoring equipment.

2019-A5799 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5799
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 19, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BARCLAY, FINCH, MANKTELOW, MORINELLO, BYRNE --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SALKA -- read once and referred to  the
   Committee on Correction
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to fees for drug testing
   and electronic monitoring

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 2, 3, 4, and 5 of section 257-c of the execu-
 tive law are renumbered subdivisions 4, 5, 6, and 7 and two new subdivi-
 sions 2 and 3 are added to read as follows:
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, EVERY  COUNTY  AND  THE
 CITY  OF NEW YORK, MAY ADOPT A LOCAL LAW REQUIRING INDIVIDUALS CURRENTLY
 SERVING OR WHO SHALL BE  SENTENCED  TO    A  PERIOD  OF  PROBATION  UPON
 CONVICTION  OF ANY CRIME AND WHO ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT TO DRUG TESTING,
 TO PAY THE LOCAL PROBATION DEPARTMENT WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF  SUPER-
 VISING  THE  PROBATIONER  AN  ADMINISTRATIVE FEE DETERMINED BY THE LOCAL
 PROBATION DEPARTMENT. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL WAIVE ALL OR PART OF SUCH FEE
 WHERE, BECAUSE OF THE INDIGENCE OF THE OFFENDER,  THE  PAYMENT  OF  SAID
 SURCHARGE  WOULD  WORK AN UNREASONABLE HARDSHIP ON THE PERSON CONVICTED,
 HIS OR HER IMMEDIATE FAMILY, OR ANY OTHER PERSON  WHO  IS  DEPENDENT  ON
 SUCH PERSON FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
   3.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, EVERY COUNTY AND THE
 CITY OF NEW YORK, MAY ADOPT A LOCAL LAW REQUIRING INDIVIDUALS  CURRENTLY
 SERVING  OR  WHO  SHALL  BE  SENTENCED  TO  A  PERIOD  OF PROBATION UPON
 CONVICTION OF ANY CRIME AND WHO ARE REQUIRED  TO  SUBMIT  TO  ELECTRONIC
 MONITORING,  TO PAY THE LOCAL PROBATION DEPARTMENT WITH THE RESPONSIBIL-
 ITY OF SUPERVISING THE PROBATIONER AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE  DETERMINED  BY
 THE  LOCAL  PROBATION DEPARTMENT. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL WAIVE ALL OR PART
 OF SUCH FEE WHERE, BECAUSE OF THE INDIGENCE OF THE OFFENDER, THE PAYMENT
 OF SAID SURCHARGE WOULD WORK AN  UNREASONABLE  HARDSHIP  ON  THE  PERSON
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02418-01-9

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