Bill Text: NY A07867 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7867 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Provides funding for the public defense backup center of the New York State Defenders Association; appropriates $3 million from the indigent legal services fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to ways and means [A07867 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A07867-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7867
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 19, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Ways and Means
       AN  ACT  to  amend the state finance law, in relation to providing funds
         for the public defense backup center of the New York  State  Defenders
         Association
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 and paragraph (d) of  subdi-
    2  vision  3  of  section  98-b  of the state finance law, paragraph (a) of
    3  subdivision 2 as amended and paragraph (d) of subdivision 3 as added  by
    4  section  2  of  part E of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, are amended to
    5  read as follows:
    6    (a) The purpose of such fund shall be to (i) assist counties  and,  in
    7  the  case  of  a  county  wholly  contained within a city, such city, in
    8  providing legal representation for persons who are financially unable to
    9  afford counsel pursuant to article eighteen-B of the  county  law;  (ii)
   10  assist  the  state,  in improving the quality of public defense services
   11  and funding representation provided by assigned counsel paid in  accord-
   12  ance  with section thirty-five of the judiciary law; [and] (iii) provide
   13  support for the operations, duties, responsibilities and expenses of the
   14  office of indigent legal services and the indigent legal services  board
   15  established, respectively, pursuant to sections eight hundred thirty-two
   16  and  eight  hundred  thirty-three of the executive law; AND (IV) PROVIDE
   17  FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF THE PUBLIC DEFENSE BACKUP CENTER OF THE NEW
   18  YORK STATE DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION.
   19    (d) AN ANNUAL AMOUNT OF TWO MILLION DOLLARS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO
   20  THE NEW YORK STATE DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION FROM SUCH FUND FOR THE SERVICES
   21  AND EXPENSES OF ITS PUBLIC DEFENSE BACKUP CENTER.
   22    (E) Remaining amounts within such fund, after  accounting  for  annual
   23  payments  required  in  paragraphs  (a),  (b) [and], (c) AND (D) of this
   24  subdivision and subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of  subdivision  two
   25  of  this  section shall be distributed in accordance with sections eight
   26  hundred thirty-two and eight hundred thirty-three of the executive law.
   27    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11387-01-1