Bill Text: NY S04705 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to expungement of records for certain juveniles convicted of a nonviolent offense after seven years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES [S04705 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S04705-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          4705
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 24, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation  to  expungement
          of  records  for  certain  juveniles convicted of a nonviolent offense
          after seven years
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  criminal  procedure  law  is amended by adding a new
     2  section 440.75 to read as follows:
     3  § 440.75 Petition for  expungement  of  records  for  certain  juveniles
     4             convicted of a nonviolent offense.
     5    1.  Any  person  who  has been previously convicted as a juvenile of a
     6  nonviolent offense, provided that an eligible offense shall not  include
     7  any  sex offense as defined under subdivision two of section one hundred
     8  sixty-eight-a of the correction law, shall after  the  expiration  of  a
     9  period  of  seven years from the date of his or her previous conviction,
    10  satisfactory completion of his  or  her  probation,  parole,  supervised
    11  release  and payment of any fines imposed or restitution ordered, which-
    12  ever is later, have all records and information pertaining to his or her
    13  conviction expunged.
    14    2. For the purpose of this section the term "juvenile"  shall  mean  a
    15  person between the ages of seven and eighteen years of age.
    16    §  2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01999-01-7
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