• Government Benefits–42 U.S.C. Section 608(a)(9)
    • This section of the federal law prohibits States from providing public assistance and Food Stamps to people who are fleeing felons or violating a condition of probation or parole.
  • Fees–New York Correction Law Section 168
    • Paragraphs (b)(8) and (f)(4) of this Section provide for fees to register changes in address and employment for sex offenders.
  • Fees–New York Criminal Procedure Law Section 420.10
    • This section describes the procedures for the collection of fines, restitution or reparation.
  • Fees–New York Criminal Procedure Law Section 420.30
    • This section describes the procedures for the remission of fines, restitution or reparation in all cases not covered by CPL Section 420.10 (4).
  • Fees–New York Criminal Procedure Law Section 420.35
    • This section describes the applicability of sentences regarding the mandated payment of fines. It provides that a defendant may not be imprisoned for failure to pay the mandated payments unless the court makes a contemporaneous finding on the record that the payment of those monies will not work an unreasonable hardship on the defendant or his or her immediate family. This section also provides a procedure for the waiver of the crime assistance fee for youthful offenders.
  • Fees–New York Criminal Procedure Law Section 420.40
    • This section describes the procedures for the deferral of a mandatory surcharge, sex offender registration fee or DNA databank fee. It also outlines the procedure for the financial hardship hearings.
  • Fees–New York Executive Law Section 259-a (9)
    • This section describes the fees for persons over the age of eighteen who are supervised on presumptive release, parole, conditional release or post-release supervision by the Division of Parole. It also provides for the waiver of all or part of the fee if the fee would work an unreasonable hardship on the person convicted, his or her immediate family or any other person who is dependent on such person for financial support.
  • Fees–New York Penal Law Section 60.35
    • This section describes the procedures for the mandatory surcharge, sex offender registration fee, DNA databank fee, supplemental sex offender victim fee and the crime victim assistance fee.
  • Government Benefits–New York Social Services Law Section 131(14)
    • This section codifies the federal law requirement (42 U.S.C. Section 608[a][9]) that prohibits States from providing public assistance and Food Stamps to people who are fleeing felons or violating a condition of probation or parole. The state law provides that a person is considered to have violated a condition of probation or parole only if that person is currently an absconder from probation or parole supervision and a warrant is outstanding; or if the person has been found by a judicial determination to have violated probation or found by an administrative adjudication to have violated parole. The period of ineligibility for the benefits ends when the person has been restored to probation or parole supervision; or released from custody; or the person’s maximum period of imprisonment or supervision ends; whichever occurs first.
  • Education–20 U.S.C. Section 1091(r)
    • This section of the federal law provides that individuals who were convicted of any offense under federal or state law involving the possession or sale of a controlled substance are temporarily or permanently ineligible for federal college loans, grants or work assistance. The period of ineligibility depends on whether the conviction is for possession or for sale of a controlled substance, and whether it is the first offense. For example, the ineligibility period for the possession of a controlled substance is one year for the first offense and an indefinite period for the third offense. A student can regain eligibility before the required period of ineligibility if the student satisfactorily completes a drug rehabilitation program that complies with criteria prescribed by the Secretary of Education and includes two unannounced drug tests. A student can also regain eligibility if the conviction is reversed, set aside or otherwise rendered nugatory.
  • Government Benefits–42 U.S.C. Section 402(x)(1)(A)(iv)
    • This section of the federal law denies Social Security Title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) benefits to recipients who are fugitive felons or have violated a condition of probation or parole.
  • Government Benefits–38 U.S.C. Section 5313B
    • This section of the federal law denies Veteran’s Assistance benefits to those recipients who are fugitive felons or have violated a condition of probation or parole.
  • Fees–New York Vehicle and Traffic Law Section 1809
    • This section describes the mandatory fees and surcharges in certain traffic infractions and crimes.
  • Government Benefits—Social Security Acquiescence Ruling 06-1 (2) — Fowlkes v. Adamec
    • Ruling from the Social Security Administration about the Fowlkes v. Adamec, the Second Circuit case that found that the Social Security Administration must show that the individual demonstrated an intent to flee before discontinuing Social Security Title II benefits pursuant to the fleeing fugitive provisions.
  • Government Benefits—U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Fugitive Felon Program (Fact Sheet 164-9, February 2008)