New York S 318: Eliminates court surcharges and fees; repealer

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S00318 Summary:

BILL NOS00318A

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SAME ASSAME AS A08672-A

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SPONSORSALAZAR

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COSPNSRBRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL,
 JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, MAY, MYRIE, PARKER, PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA,
 SERRANO, STAVISKY, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§60.02 & 80.05, rpld §60.35, Pen L; amd §503, add §1811, rpld §§1809 & 1809-c - 1809-e, V & T L; rpld
§71-0213, En Con L; amd §1101, CPLR; amd §§259-i, 837-i & 259-j, rpld §837-j, rpld & add §257-c, Exec L; amd
§27.12, rpld §27.12 sub 5, Pks & Rec L; amd §4-411, Vil L; amd §99-n, St Fin L; amd §§154 & 205, Cor L; amd
§§420.10, 420.30 & 430.20, add §420.11, rpld §420.10 subs 3 & 4, §420.35, §430.20 sub 5, §420.30 sub 3, CP L

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Eliminates certain court surcharges and fees and probation and parole surcharges and fees; eliminates the requirement that a parolee or releasee receiving a merit termination of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution; eliminates the requirement that a person receiving a discharge of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution and the payment of certain surcharges or fees (Part A); mandates that courts engage in an individualized assessment of a person's financial ability to pay a fine prior to imposing a fine (Part B); eliminates the availability of incarceration as a remedy for a failure to pay a fine, surcharge, or fee, lifts and vacates existing warrants issued solely on a person's failure to timely pay a fine, surcharge or fee and ends existing sentences of incarceration based on such failure (Part C); vacates existing unsatisfied civil judgments based on a person's failure to timely pay a surcharge, or fee (Part D); prohibits the collection of a fine, restitution or reparation from the funds of an incarcerated person; prohibits the payment of court fines, mandatory surcharges, certain fees, restitution, reparation or forfeitures from the earnings of prisoners (Part E); vacates existing unpaid surcharges, DNA databank fees, crime victim assistance fees, sexual offender registration fees, supplemental sex offender victim fees, or probation or parole supervision fees; repeals certain provisions of law relating to restrictions on remitting such fees (Part F).

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BILL NOS00318A

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

02/02/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

02/02/2026PRINT NUMBER 318A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 318--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, BRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY,
 FERNANDEZ, GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER,
 MAY, MYRIE, PARKER, PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, SERRA-
 NO, STAVISKY, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
 to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the
 Committee on Codes in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- commit-
 tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
 mitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, the executive law, the
 correction law, the vehicle and traffic law, the village law and the
 state finance law, in relation to eliminating certain court surcharges
 and fees; and to repeal certain provisions of the penal law, the vehi-
 cle and traffic law, the correction law, the parks, recreation and
 historic preservation law, the executive law and the environmental
 conservation law relating thereto (Part A); to amend the penal law and
 the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to mandating that courts
 engage in an individualized assessment of a person's financial ability
 to pay a fine prior to imposing a fine (Part B); to amend the criminal
 procedure law, in relation to eliminating the availability of incar-
 ceration as a remedy for a failure to pay a fine, surcharge or