RETRIEVE BILL
 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3651
 
                               2003-2004 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 10, 2003
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. BURLING, ALFANO, WIRTH, KIRWAN, NESBITT, CALHOUN,
          HOOKER, KOLB -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BACALLES, BARRA, BARRA-
          GA,  BUTLER,  CROUCH, ERRIGO, MANNING, OAKS, O'CONNELL, RAIA, SAYWARD,
          SPANO, STRANIERE, TEDISCO, THIELE -- read once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to forfei-
          ture  of the proceeds of a felony related to a sexual performance by a
          child
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 1310 of the civil practice law and
     2  rules,  as  added by chapter 669 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read
     3  as follows:
     4    6. "Pre-conviction forfeiture crime" means only a  felony  defined  in
     5  article two hundred twenty or two hundred sixty-three, or section 221.30
     6  or 221.55 of the penal law.
     7    §  2.  Paragraph  (g)  and  the  opening paragraph of paragraph (h) of
     8  subdivision 2 of section 1349 of the civil practice law  and  rules,  as
     9  added  by  chapter  655  of  the  laws  of  1990, are amended to read as
    10  follows:
    11    (g) [Forty] Except as otherwise provided  in  paragraph  (i)  of  this
    12  subdivision,  forty  percent  of  all moneys realized through forfeiture
    13  which are remaining  after  distributions  pursuant  to  paragraphs  (a)
    14  through  (f)  of  this  subdivision, to the substance abuse service fund
    15  established pursuant to section ninety-seven-w of the state finance law;
    16    [All] Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (i) of  this  subdivi-
    17  sion,  all  moneys  remaining after distributions pursuant to paragraphs
    18  (a) through (g) of this subdivision shall be distributed as follows:
    19    § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 1349 of the civil practice law and rules
    20  is amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 3651                             2
 
     1    (i) When the forfeiture was based  upon  a  post-conviction  crime  or
     2  pre-conviction  crime, defined in article two hundred sixty-three of the
     3  penal law, all moneys which are remaining after  distributions  pursuant
     4  to  paragraphs  (a) through (f) of this subdivision, in equal amounts to
     5  the  claiming  agent,  claiming  authority and the local social services
     6  office located within the jurisdiction of the claiming authority for the
     7  following uses and purposes:
     8    (i) to improve training of personnel and  to  establish,  operate  and
     9  improve  community-based  multi-disciplinary  approaches  to address the
    10  problem of child sexual molestation;
    11    (ii) to conduct training on child sexual exploitation and other sexual
    12  molestation of children for other professionals who come in contact with
    13  children;
    14    (iii) to prevent the sexual molestation of children; and
    15    (iv) to fund treatment programs for sexually victimized children.
    16    § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    17  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.