Assembly Bill A3053

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 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
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A3053 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3982
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §259-i, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9285
2015-2016: A1984, S6806

2017-A3053 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-A3053 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3053
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 25, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on 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 DECI-
 SIONS. 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.  INFORMATION 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect one year 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.
                                                            LBD06681-02-7

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