What's happening
This bill requires the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to cover the cost and responsibility of monitoring ignition interlock devices for certain parolees.
Why it matters
Shifts financial burden from parolees to the state. By requiring the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to pay for and handle the monitoring of ignition interlock devices, the bill removes a potentially significant cost from individuals on parole, which could help reduce recidivism related to non-payment and support successful reentry.
Addresses equity and accessibility issues. Many parolees may struggle to afford ignition interlock devices, which are currently mandated for certain offenses; the new policy could help ensure that compliance with parole conditions does not depend on a person’s financial means.
Potentially improves public safety and compliance. With the state overseeing installation and monitoring, there may be more consistent enforcement and oversight, reducing loopholes or non-compliance with ignition interlock requirements for high-risk individuals.
May have budgetary and administrative impacts. Shifting costs and responsibilities to the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision could require additional funding or resources, impacting the department’s budget and potentially prompting debates about public spending priorities.
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State Pays Ignition Lock Costs
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Sponsors
Assembly Member · Assembly District 108
3 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to correction
- Referred to correction
Companion bill
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State Pays Ignition Device Costs
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Kathleen A. Marchione
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2915
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 23, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to an ignition interlock device
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 15-a of section 259-c of the executive law, as amended by section 38-b of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
15-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where a person is serving a sentence for a violation of section 120.03, 120.04, 120.04-a, 125.12, 125.13 or 125.14 of the penal law, or a felony as defined in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of section eleven hundred ninety-three of the vehicle and traffic law, if such person is released on parole or conditional release the board shall require as a mandatory condition of such release, that such person install and maintain, in accordance with the provisions of section eleven hundred ninety-eight of the vehicle and traffic law, an ignition interlock device in any motor vehicle owned or operated by such person during the term of such parole or conditional release for such crime. The department of corrections and community supervision shall maintain the responsibility and costs of monitoring any person released on parole with the mandatory requirement of installation of an ignition interlock device on his or her motor vehicle. Provided further, however, the board may not otherwise authorize the operation of a motor vehicle by any person whose license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of the vehicle and traffic law.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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LBD04046-01-7
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