Int 1955-2020
Maximum fee allowed when transferring money to a person in the custody of the department of correction.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Criminal Justiceintroduced 2020-05-28
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2020-05-28Passed: 2021-12-31
Summary
This bill would require the department of correction to ensure that members of the public depositing funds into institutional fund account established pursuant to subdivision 7 of section 500-c of the correction law are not charged a service fee that is more than $5.
Committee on Criminal Justice — Department of Correction [ and], Department of Probation, and the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice.
How it compares
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13 passed · 37 died
This bill: 581 days in committee
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Sponsors (8)
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
Lifecycle
HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm
2020-05-19 · Committee on Criminal Justice
HeldP-C Item Laid Over by Comm
2020-05-19 · Committee on Criminal Justice
HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm
2020-05-19 · Committee on Justice System
HeldP-C Item Laid Over by Comm
2020-05-19 · Committee on Justice System
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2020-05-28 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2020-05-28 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (2)
City Council · 2020-05-28 · 1:30 PM · - REMOTE HEARING -
Committee on Criminal Justice · 2020-05-19 · 12:00 PM · REMOTE HEARING
Attachments (13)
- Summary of Int. No. 1955
- Int. No. 1955
- Committee Report 5/19/20
- Hearing Testimony 5/19/20
- Hearing Transcript 5/19/20
- Hearing Testimony - Brooklyn Defender Services
- Hearing Testimony - District Attorney Vance
- Hearing Testimony - JLUSA
- Hearing Testimony - Legal Aid Society
- Hearing Testimony - Special Narcotics Prosecutor Brennen
- May 28, 2020 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 5-28-20
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - May 28, 2020
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Title 9 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 9-161 to read as follows:
� 9-161 Accounts of people in custody. The department of correction shall ensure that members of the public depositing funds into institutional fund account established pursuant to subdivision 7 of section 500-c of the correction law are not charged a service fee that is more than $5. This fee cap applies to all devices or systems capable of allowing members of the public to deposit funds into a person in custody's institutional fund account, including wire and online transfers.
� 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
AS
LS 8804
5/12/20