§ 837-a. Additional functions, powers and duties of the division. In\naddition to the functions, powers and duties otherwise provided by this\narticle, the division shall:\n 1. Collect and analyze statistical and other information and data with\nrespect to the number of persons charged with the commission of a\nfelony, including, but not limited to, the felony provisions of articles\ntwenty-seven, thirty-seven and forty, and titles twenty-seven and\nthirty-seven of article seventy-one of the environmental conservation\nlaw, article four of the insurance law, sections 176.15, 176.20, 176.25\nand 176.30 of the penal law relative to insurance fraud, as such term is\ndefined in section 176.05 of such law, by indictment or the filing of a\nsuperior court information, the felony with which the person was charged\ntherein, the county within which the indictment or superior court\ninformation was filed, the disposition thereof including, but not\nlimited to, as the case may be, dismissal, acquittal, the offense to\nwhich the defendant pleaded guilty, the offense the defendant was\nconvicted of after trial, and the sentence.\n 2. Present to the governor, temporary president of the senate,\nminority leader of the senate, speaker of the assembly and the minority\nleader of the assembly a quarterly report containing the statistics and\nother information required by subdivision one hereof. The initial report\nrequired by this paragraph shall be for the period beginning September\nfirst, nineteen hundred seventy-three and ending December thirty-first,\nnineteen hundred seventy-three and shall be presented no later than\nJanuary fifteen, nineteen hundred seventy-four. Thereafter, each\nquarterly report shall be presented no later than thirty days after the\nclose of each quarter.\n 3. Present to the governor, temporary president of the senate,\nminority leader of the senate, speaker of the assembly, and the minority\nleader of the assembly a semi-annual report analyzing the processing and\ndisposition of cases covered by the provisions of a chapter of the laws\nof nineteen hundred seventy-eight relating to the imposition of\nmandatory sentences of imprisonment and plea bargaining restrictions\nupon violent felony offenders, second violent felony offenders and\npersistent violent felony offenders. The report shall assess the effect\nof such law on the ability of the criminal justice system to deal with\nviolent crime, and its impact on the resources of the criminal justice\nsystem, and shall make recommendations for any changes in such law which\nmay be necessary to accomplish its objectives. The initial report\nrequired by this subdivision shall be for the period beginning September\nfirst, nineteen hundred seventy-eight and ending February twenty-eight,\nnineteen hundred seventy-nine and shall be presented no later than April\nfirst, nineteen hundred seventy-nine. Thereafter, each semi-annual\nreport shall be presented no later than thirty days after the close of\nthe six-month period.\n 4. Collect, analyze and maintain all reports, statements and\ntranscripts forwarded to the division concerning the reasons for\nimposition of a sentence other than an indeterminate sentence of\nimprisonment upon an armed felony offender as defined in subdivision\nforty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law; the reasons for\nthe removal of an action involving a juvenile offender, as defined in\nsubdivision forty-two of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, to\nthe family court; and the reasons for a finding that a youth who has\nbeen convicted of an armed felony offense is to be treated as a youthful\noffender. Such reports, statements and transcripts shall be made\navailable for public inspection except that in the case of a juvenile\noffender or a youthful offender, those portions which identify the\noffender shall be deleted. The commissioner may promulgate such rules\nand regulations with respect to the form of such reports, statem
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