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1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to codes
- Referred to codes
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Title of bill
An act to amend the criminal procedure law and the correction law, in relation to making the cost of incarceration for non-violent felony offenders available to the public
Purpose or general idea of bill
To make the cost of incarceration available to the public for nonviolent felony offenders.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1. Amends the criminal procedure law by adding a new Article 425. Requires the sentencing judge to make the cost of incarceration available to the public when a sentence of incarceration is imposed upon a nonviolent felony offender. Requires the Department of Correctional Services to provide an estimate of the cost of incarceration upon the request of the sentencing judge prior to sentencing. Defines nonviolent felony offenses.
Section 2. Amends the correction law by adding a new section 601-e. Requires the Department of Correctional Services to provide an estimate of the cost of incarceration for a nonviolent felony offender at the request of the sentencing judge.
Section 3. Effective Date.
Existing law
None.
Justification
When nonviolent felony offenders receive a sentence of incarceration, the cost of their incarceration should be made available to the public. Taxpayers after all, pay the cost of incarceration and they should know how their taxes are being spent.
This bill would require the Department of Corrections, upon the request of the sentencing judge, to provide an estimate of the cost of incarceration for nonviolent felony offenders. Knowledge of the cost of incarceration may increase the use of less expensive alternatives to incarceration when such alternatives are appropriate.
Prior legislative history
2014: S.11 - Referred to Codes 2013: S.11 - Referred to Codes 2012: S.501 - Referred to Crime, Victims, Crime and Correction 2011: S.501 - Discharged from Codes, Committed to Crime, Victims, Crime and Correction 2010: S.8494 - Referred to Rules
Fiscal implications
Undetermined.
Effective date
Sixty days after it shall have become law.
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