Assembly Bill A4367

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires the state board of parole to notify released felons of their right to vote

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A4367 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §837-a, Exec L; amd §5-210, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3375
2013-2014: A4830
2015-2016: A6491

2011-A4367 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state board of parole to notify felons of their right to vote within thirty days immediately prior to release; provides such persons with an application form for registration and enrollment.

2011-A4367 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4367

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 3, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HOOPER,
  MENG, SWEENEY, TOWNS, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
  tee on Election Law

AN  ACT  to amend the executive law and the election law, in relation to
  notifying persons convicted of a felony of their right to  vote  after
  the  completion  of  such person's term of imprisonment, and requiring
  that voter registration forms be sent to them accordingly

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section 837-a of the executive law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
  10. WITHIN THIRTY DAYS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF ANY  PERSON
FROM  A  CORRECTIONAL  INSTITUTION  OR  ANY PERSON CONVICTED OF A FELONY
WHOSE RIGHT TO REGISTER AND VOTE SHALL BE REINSTATED PURSUANT TO SECTION
5-106 OF THE ELECTION LAW, NOTIFY SUCH A PERSON OF  HIS  OR  HER  RIGHTS
UNDER  SUCH SECTION AND PROVIDE SUCH PERSON WITH AN APPLICATION FORM FOR
REGISTRATION AND  ENROLLMENT  AS  REQUIRED  BY  SUBDIVISION  SIXTEEN  OF
SECTION 5-210 OF THE ELECTION LAW.
  S  2.  Section  5-210  of  the election law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 16 to read as follows:
  16. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL ANNUALLY OR MORE FREQUENTLY  AS
NECESSARY, PROVIDE THE STATE BOARD OF PAROLE WITH A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF
VOTER REGISTRATION AND ENROLLMENT FORMS AS WILL ENABLE IT TO SEND A COPY
THEREOF TO ANY PERSON WHO IS REQUIRED TO BE NOTIFIED OF HIS OR HER RIGHT
TO  VOTE  AS  PROVIDED  FOR  IN SUBDIVISION TEN OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED
THIRTY-SEVEN-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08553-01-1

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