Assembly Bill A3211

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires the members of the state board of parole, and parole hearing officers to be composed of a proportionate share of residents

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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-A3211 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง259-b & 259-d, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3521
2013-2014: A4697
2015-2016: A6500
2017-2018: A244
2019-2020: A36
2021-2022: A252
2023-2024: A6646

2011-A3211 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the membership of the state board of parole, and parole hearing officers to be composed of a proportionate share of residents of each county to reflect the state's inmate population.

2011-A3211 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3211

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 24, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HOOPER,
  J. RIVERA, TITUS, TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee  on
  Codes

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the composition of the
  state board of parole and parole hearing officers

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

  Section 1. Section 259-b of the executive law is amended by  adding  a
new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
  2-A. WITH RESPECT TO MEMBERS APPOINTED OR REAPPOINTED ON AND AFTER THE
EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE STATE BOARD OF PAROLE SHALL BE
SO CONSTITUTED THAT THE PROPORTION OF THE MEMBERS RESIDING IN ANY COUNTY
OF THE STATE SHALL BE REASONABLY EQUIVALENT AND IN THE  SAME  PROPORTION
AS THE RESIDENT COUNTY OF THE INMATE POPULATION BEARS TO THE TOTAL POPU-
LATION OF THE STATE.
  S  2.  Section  259-d  of the executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 3 to read as follows:
  3. WITH RESPECT TO MEMBERS APPOINTED OR REAPPOINTED ON AND  AFTER  THE
EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE STATE BOARD OF PAROLE SHALL BE
SO CONSTITUTED THAT THE PROPORTION OF THE HEARING OFFICERS  RESIDING  IN
ANY  COUNTY  OF THE STATE SHALL BE REASONABLY EQUIVALENT AND IN THE SAME
PROPORTION AS THE RESIDENT COUNTY OF THE INMATE POPULATION BEARS TO  THE
TOTAL POPULATION OF THE STATE.
  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.
                                                           LBD02553-01-1

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