Authorized disposition; certain offenses · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 60.37 Authorized disposition; certain offenses.
When a person has been charged with an offense and the elements of such offense meet the criteria of an "eligible offense" and such person qualifies as an "eligible person" as such terms are defined in section four hundred fifty-eight-l of the social services law, the court may, as a condition of adjournment in contemplation of dismissal in accordance with section 170.55 of the criminal procedure law, or a condition of probation or a conditional discharge, direct that the defendant participate in an education reform program pursuant to subdivision two of section four hundred fifty-eight-l of the social services law.
When a charged offense and defendant meet the Social Services Law § 458-l definitions of an “eligible offense” and “eligible person,” a court may require participation in that section’s education reform program as a condition of an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal under CPL § 170.55, probation, or conditional discharge. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.