NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8701
SPONSOR: Dilan TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend chapter 29 of the laws of 2011 amending the executive
law and other laws relating to the adoption of the interstate compact
for juveniles by the state of New York, in relation to the effectiveness
thereof
PURPOSE OF THE BILL:
The purpose of this legislation is to continue New York's participation
in the current Interstate Compact for Juveniles (ICJ). The primary
purpose of the ICJ is to provide uniform provisions for states to follow
regarding the interstate sending and receiving of alleged or adjudicated
juvenile delinquents or status offenders who are on parole or probation
or who have run away from supervision.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one would continue New York's participation in the current ICJ
through September 1, 2030. § 2 provides for an immediate effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
New York's authorization to participate as a Member State of the ICJ
will expire on September 1, 2025, unless extended. If legislation to
authorize New York's continued participation is not enacted, the State
will have no agreed-upon process for the return of juvenile delinquents
and status offenders who are on probation or parole and who have
absconded, escaped, or run away from supervision, to or from any other
state in the nation. If this were to happen, each transfer of a covered
juvenile between New York and any other state in the country would
require a negotiation of the terms of that particular transfer and may
not be ultimately approved.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Chapter 155 of the laws of 1955 authorized New York's participation in a
prior Interstate Compact for JuVeniles. Presently, no state participates
in that version of the ICJ.
Chapter 29 of the laws of 2011 authorized New Yofk's participation as a
Member State in the current ICJ. This ICJ was originally proposed in
2002.
New York's participation as a Member State of the ICJ was extended
through Chapter 335 of the laws of 2013, Chapter 195 of the laws of
2015, Chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, and most recently extended through
September 1, 2025, by Chapter 58 of the laws of 2020.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
No impact on State or local expenditures is expected. Effective date:
Immediate effective date.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8701
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 30, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. DILAN -- (at request of the Office of Children
and Family Services) -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Codes
AN ACT to amend chapter 29 of the laws of 2011 amending the executive
law and other laws relating to the adoption of the interstate compact
for juveniles by the state of New York, in relation to the effective-
ness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 8 of chapter 29 of the laws of 2011 amending the
2 executive law and other laws relating to the adoption of the interstate
3 compact for juveniles by the state of New York, as amended by section 1
4 of item VV of subpart B of Part XXX of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020,
5 is amended to read as follows:
6 § 8. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
7 have become a law and shall expire September 1, [2025] 2030 when upon
8 such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed; provided,
9 however, that notwithstanding the provisions of article 5 of the general
10 construction law, on September 1, [2025] 2030 the provisions of chapter
11 155 of the laws of 1955, as repealed by section one of this act, are
12 hereby revived and shall continue in full force and effect as such
13 provisions existed on June 1, 2010; provided, further, nothing herein
14 shall disrupt services, supervision or return of juveniles, delinquents
15 and status offenders agreed to under the repealed 1955 interstate
16 compact on juveniles prior to such effective date, or preclude the state
17 of New York from entering into appropriate agreements with non-compact
18 member states for the proper supervision or return of juveniles, delin-
19 quents and status offenders who are on probation or parole and who have
20 absconded, escaped or run away from supervision and control and in so
21 doing have endangered their own safety and the safety of others.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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