Senate Bill S6806

Vetoed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires parole decisions to be published on a publicly accessible website within 60 days of such decision

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

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2015-S6806 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1984
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง259-i, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9285
2017-2018: S3982, A3053

2015-S6806 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires parole decisions to be published on a publicly accessible website within 60 days of such decision.

2015-S6806 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6806 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6806

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 24, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime
  and Correction

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring parole deci-
  sions to be published on a website

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 259-i  of  the  executive  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
  (C)  ALL  APPEAL DECISIONS SHALL BE PUBLISHED WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF THE
DETERMINATION  ON  A  PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE  WEBSITE  THAT   INCLUDES   A
WORD-SEARCHABLE  DATABASE  AND  CUMULATIVE  SUBJECT MATTER INDEX OF SUCH
DECISIONS. SUCH SUBJECT MATTER INDEX  SHALL  BE  PUBLISHED  ANNUALLY  IN
PRINT  FORM  AND  DISTRIBUTED  TO  ALL  CORRECTIONAL FACILITY LIBRARIES.
COPIES OF SUCH INDIVIDUAL APPEAL  DECISIONS  AND  SUBJECT  MATTER  INDEX
SHALL ALSO BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO  THE BOARD.  INFOR-
MATION WHICH WOULD REVEAL CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL THAT MAY NOT BE RELEASED
PURSUANT  TO  FEDERAL  OR  STATE  LAW  SHALL  BE  REDACTED FROM ANY SUCH
WEBSITE, DECISION AND INDEX.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have  become  a  law  and shall apply to appeal decisions rendered on or
after such date.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04808-01-5

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