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                                   3526
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. AUBRY, LENTOL, GLICK, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored
   by -- M. of A.   CAHILL,  GOTTFRIED,  HIKIND,  PEOPLES-STOKES,  PERRY,
   TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
 
 AN  ACT to amend the correction law, the executive law, the tax law, the
   alcoholic beverage control law, the agriculture and markets  law,  the
   public health law, the general municipal law, the town law, the educa-
   tion  law,  the  general  business law, the insurance law, the banking
   law, the penal law, the civil rights law, the real property  law,  the
   administrative  code of the city of New York and the vehicle and traf-
   fic law, in relation to establishing a certificate of  restoration  to
   replace  the certificate of good conduct and the certificate of relief
   from disabilities; and to repeal certain provisions of the  correction
   law relating to certificates of good conduct
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of  subdivision  1  of  section  700  of  the
 correction  law,  as  amended  by  chapter  342  of the laws of 1972, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) "Eligible offender" shall mean a person who has been convicted  of
 a crime or of an offense[, but who has not been convicted more than once
 of a felony].
   §  2.  Section 701 of the correction law, as amended by chapter 342 of
 the laws of 1972, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 235 of the laws of
 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   § 701. Certificate of [relief from  disabilities]  RESTORATION.  1.  A
 certificate  of [relief from disabilities] RESTORATION may be granted as
 provided in this article to relieve an eligible offender of any  forfei-
 ture  or  disability,  or  to remove any bar to his employment, automat-
 ically imposed by law by reason of his conviction of the crime or of the
 offense specified therein. Such certificate may be  limited  to  one  or
 more  enumerated  forfeitures,  disabilities or bars, or may relieve the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 eligible offender of all forfeitures, disabilities and bars.  [Provided,
 however,  that no such certificate shall apply, or be construed so as to
 apply, to the right of such person to  retain  or  to  be  eligible  for
 public office.]
   2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except subdivision five
 of  section  twenty-eight  hundred six of the public health law or para-
 graph (b) of subdivision two of section eleven hundred  ninety-three  of
 the  vehicle  and  traffic law, a conviction of a crime or of an offense
 specified in a certificate of  [relief  from  disabilities]  RESTORATION
 shall  not  cause  automatic  forfeiture  of  any  license, other than a
 license issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law to  a  person
 convicted  of a class A-I felony or a violent felony offense, as defined
 in subdivision one of section 70.02 of the penal  law,  permit,  employ-
 ment,  or  franchise,  including the right to register for or vote at an
 election, or automatic forfeiture of any other right or privilege,  held
 by  the eligible offender and covered by the certificate. Nor shall such
 conviction be deemed to be  a  conviction  within  the  meaning  of  any
 provision  of  law that imposes, by reason of a conviction, a bar to any
 employment, a disability to exercise any right, or a disability to apply
 for or to receive any license, permit, or other authority  or  privilege
 covered  by  the certificate; provided, however, that a conviction for a
 second or subsequent violation of  any  subdivision  of  section  eleven
 hundred  ninety-two  of the vehicle and traffic law committed within the
 preceding ten years shall impose a disability to apply for or receive an
 operator's license during the period provided in such law; and  provided
 further,  however, that a conviction for a class A-I felony or a violent
 felony offense, as defined in subdivision one of section  70.02  of  the
 penal  law,  shall impose a disability to apply for or receive a license
 or permit issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law. A  certif-
 icate  of  [relief  from  a  disability] RESTORATION imposed pursuant to
 subparagraph (v) of paragraph b of subdivision two and paragraphs i  and
 j  of  subdivision  six  of  section five hundred ten of the vehicle and
 traffic law may only be issued  upon  a  determination  that  compelling
 circumstances warrant such relief.
   3.  A certificate of [relief from disabilities] RESTORATION shall not,
 however, in any way prevent any judicial, administrative,  licensing  or
 other  body,  board or authority from relying upon the conviction speci-
 fied therein as the basis for the exercise of its discretionary power to
 suspend, revoke, refuse to issue or refuse to renew any license,  permit
 or other authority or privilege.
   § 3. Intentionally omitted.
   §  4.  Section 702 of the correction law, as amended by chapter 342 of
 the laws of 1972, the section heading as amended by chapter 931  of  the
 laws  of  1976,  subdivision  1 as amended by chapter 488 of the laws of
 2011, subdivision 3 as amended by section 64 of part A of chapter 56  of
 the  laws  of  2010 and subdivisions 4 and 6 as amended by section 32 of
 subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of  2011,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   §  702.  Certificates of [relief from disabilities] RESTORATION issued
 by courts.  1. Any court of this state [may, in its discretion,]  SHALL,
 ABSENT  A  FINDING  THAT  ISSUANCE  OF  SUCH CERTIFICATE WILL JEOPARDIZE
 PUBLIC SAFETY, issue a certificate of [relief from disabilities]  RESTO-
 RATION  AT  THE  TIME  OF  SENTENCING  to  an  eligible  offender  for a
 conviction that occurred in such court, if the court [either (a) imposed
 a revocable sentence or (b)] imposed a sentence other than one  executed
 by  commitment  to  an  institution  under the jurisdiction of the state

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 department of corrections and community  supervision.  Such  certificate
 [may be] issued [(i)] at the time sentence is pronounced[, in which case
 it] may grant relief from forfeitures, as well as from disabilities[, or
 (ii)  at any time thereafter, in which case it shall apply only to disa-
 bilities].   Where such court either imposes  a  revocable  sentence  or
 imposes  a sentence other than one executed by commitment to an institu-
 tion under the jurisdiction of the state department of  corrections  and
 community  supervision,  the  court,  upon application and in accordance
 with subdivision two of this  section,  shall  initially  determine  the
 fitness  of an eligible offender for such certificate prior to or at the
 time sentence is pronounced. WHERE THE COURT FINDS THAT ISSUANCE OF  THE
 CERTIFICATE  AT  SENTENCING  WILL JEOPARDIZE PUBLIC SAFETY, SUCH CERTIF-
 ICATE SHALL BE ISSUED AS FOLLOWS:
   (A) FOR AN OFFENDER WHO RECEIVES A REVOCABLE SENTENCE,  SUCH  OFFENDER
 SHALL  BE ISSUED SUCH CERTIFICATE AFTER SERVING ONE YEAR OF SUCH REVOCA-
 BLE SENTENCE IMPOSED BY THE COURT PROVIDED THAT SUCH  OFFENDER  HAS  NOT
 BEEN CONVICTED OF A NEW CRIME DURING THAT TIME AND IS NOT THE SUBJECT OF
 AN UNDISPOSED ARREST. SUCH CERTIFICATE SHALL APPLY ONLY TO DISABILITIES.
 IN ORDER TO RECEIVE SUCH A CERTIFICATE, THE ELIGIBLE OFFENDER MUST APPLY
 TO THE COURT IN WHICH THEY WERE SENTENCED.
   (B)  FOR AN OFFENDER WHO RECEIVES A DEFINITE SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT,
 SUCH OFFENDER SHALL BE ISSUED SUCH CERTIFICATE ONE  YEAR  AFTER  RELEASE
 FROM INCARCERATION PROVIDED THAT SUCH OFFENDER HAS NOT BEEN CONVICTED OF
 A  NEW  CRIME  DURING  THAT TIME AND IS NOT THE SUBJECT OF AN UNDISPOSED
 ARREST. SUCH CERTIFICATE SHALL APPLY ONLY TO DISABILITIES.  IN ORDER  TO
 RECEIVE  SUCH  A  CERTIFICATE,  THE  ELIGIBLE OFFENDER MUST APPLY TO THE
 COURT IN WHICH THEY WERE SENTENCED.
   IN CALCULATING THE ONE YEAR PERIODS UNDER PARAGRAPHS (A)  AND  (B)  OF
 THIS  SUBDIVISION, ANY PERIOD OF TIME DURING WHICH THE PERSON WAS INCAR-
 CERATED FOR ANY REASON BETWEEN THE TIME OF CONVICTION AND  THE  DATE  ON
 WHICH  THE ELIGIBLE OFFENDER BECOMES ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE SHALL BE
 EXCLUDED AND SUCH ONE YEAR PERIOD SHALL BE EXTENDED BY A PERIOD OR PERI-
 ODS EQUAL TO THE TIME SERVED UNDER SUCH INCARCERATION.
   2. [Such] THE RELIEF GRANTED BY SUCH certificate shall [not be  issued
 by the court unless the court is satisfied that:
   (a) The person to whom it is to be granted is an eligible offender, as
 defined in section seven hundred;
   (b) The relief to be granted by the certificate is] BE consistent with
 the rehabilitation of the eligible offender[;] and
   [(c)  The  relief  to  be granted by the certificate is] BE consistent
 with the public interest.
   3. [Where a certificate of relief from disabilities is not  issued  at
 the  time sentence is pronounced it shall only be issued thereafter upon
 verified application to the court. The court may,  for  the  purpose  of
 determining  whether  such  certificate  shall  be  issued,  request its
 probation service to conduct an investigation of the  applicant,  or  if
 the  court has no probation service it may request the probation service
 of the county court for the county in which  the  court  is  located  to
 conduct  such  investigation. Any probation officer requested to make an
 investigation pursuant to this section shall prepare and submit  to  the
 court a written report in accordance with such request.
   4.]  Where  the court has imposed a revocable sentence and the certif-
 icate of [relief from disabilities] RESTORATION is issued prior  to  the
 expiration  or  termination  of the time which the court may revoke such
 sentence, the certificate shall be deemed to be a temporary  certificate
 until  such  time  as  the  court's authority to revoke the sentence has

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 expired or is terminated. While temporary, such certificate (a)  may  be
 revoked  by  the  court for violation of the conditions of the sentence,
 and (b) shall be revoked by the court if it  revokes  the  sentence  and
 commits the person to an institution under the jurisdiction of the state
 department of corrections and community supervision. Any such revocation
 shall  be  upon  notice  and  after  an  opportunity to be heard. If the
 certificate is not so revoked, it shall become a  permanent  certificate
 upon  expiration  or  termination of the court's authority to revoke the
 sentence.
   [5] 4.  Any court that has issued a certificate of [relief from  disa-
 bilities] RESTORATION may at any time issue a new certificate to enlarge
 the relief previously granted, provided, however, that the provisions of
 subdivisions one through [four] THREE of this section shall apply to the
 issuance of any such new certificate.
   [6.]  5.  Any  written report submitted to the court [pursuant to] FOR
 THE PURPOSES OF this section is confidential and may not be made  avail-
 able to any person or public or private agency except where specifically
 required  or  permitted by statute or upon specific authorization of the
 court. However, upon the court's receipt of such report, the court shall
 provide a copy of such report, or direct that such report be provided to
 the applicant's attorney, or the applicant himself, if he or she has  no
 attorney. In its discretion, the court may except from disclosure a part
 or  parts  of  the  report  which  are not relevant to the granting of a
 certificate, or sources of information which have  been  obtained  on  a
 promise  of confidentiality, or any other portion thereof, disclosure of
 which would not be in the interest of justice. The action of  the  court
 excepting  information  from  disclosure  shall  be subject to appellate
 review. The court, in its discretion, may  hold  a  conference  in  open
 court or in chambers to afford an applicant an opportunity to controvert
 or  to  comment  upon  any  portions  of  the report. The court may also
 conduct a summary hearing at the conference on any  matter  relevant  to
 the granting of the application and may take testimony under oath.
   §  5.  Section  703 of the correction law, as amended by section 34 of
 subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of  2011,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   §  703.  Certificates of [relief from disabilities] RESTORATION issued
 by the department of  corrections  and  community  supervision.  1.  The
 department  of  corrections  and  community  supervision shall [have the
 power to] issue a certificate of [relief from disabilities]  RESTORATION
 to:
   (a)  any  eligible  offender  who has been committed to an institution
 under the jurisdiction of the state department of corrections and commu-
 nity supervision WHO SUCCESSFULLY EARNED MERIT TIME OR A CERTIFICATE  OF
 EARNED  ELIGIBILITY  DURING THEIR PERIOD OF INCARCERATION.  Such certif-
 icate [may] SHALL be issued by the department at the time  the  offender
 is released from such institution under the department's supervision [or
 otherwise  or at any time thereafter]. IF SUCH ELIGIBLE OFFENDER DID NOT
 EARN MERIT TIME OR A CERTIFICATE OF EARNED ELIGIBILITY, THE BOARD  SHALL
 ISSUE  SUCH  CERTIFICATE AT THE TIME OF SUCH ELIGIBLE OFFENDER'S RELEASE
 FROM PRISON UNLESS IT IS DETERMINED THAT THE ISSUANCE  OF  SUCH  CERTIF-
 ICATE  WOULD JEOPARDIZE PUBLIC SAFETY. IF SUCH CERTIFICATE IS NOT ISSUED
 UPON SUCH ELIGIBLE OFFENDER'S RELEASE FROM PRISON, SUCH  OFFENDER  SHALL
 BE  ISSUED A CERTIFICATE BY THE BOARD OF PAROLE AFTER TWO YEARS OF UNRE-
 VOKED PAROLE, CONDITIONAL RELEASE OR  POST-RELEASE  SUPERVISION.    SUCH
 INDIVIDUAL  SHALL  APPLY TO THE BOARD OF PAROLE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE SUCH
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   IN CALCULATING THE TWO YEAR PERIOD UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH, ANY PERIOD OF
 TIME DURING WHICH THE PERSON WAS INCARCERATED FOR ANY REASON BETWEEN THE
 TIME OF CONVICTION AND THE DATE ON WHICH THE ELIGIBLE  OFFENDER  BECOMES
 ELIGIBLE  FOR  A  CERTIFICATE SHALL BE EXCLUDED AND SUCH TWO YEAR PERIOD
 SHALL  BE EXTENDED BY A PERIOD OR PERIODS EQUAL TO THE TIME SERVED UNDER
 SUCH INCARCERATION;
   (b) any eligible offender who resides  within  this  state  and  whose
 judgment of conviction was rendered by a court in any other jurisdiction
 WHERE SUCH ELIGIBLE OFFENDER APPLIES FOR SUCH CERTIFICATE, IS NOT INCAR-
 CERATED  AT  THE TIME OF THE APPLICATION AND IS NOT SUBJECT TO AN UNDIS-
 POSED ARREST, UNLESS THE BOARD DETERMINES  THAT  THE  ISSUANCE  OF  SUCH
 CERTIFICATE WOULD JEOPARDIZE PUBLIC SAFETY. IF A CERTIFICATE OF RESTORA-
 TION IS NOT ISSUED AT THE TIME OF THE APPLICATION, THE BOARD SHALL ISSUE
 A  CERTIFICATE  TO SUCH ELIGIBLE OFFENDER ONE YEAR AFTER THE DATE OF THE
 APPLICATION WHERE THE JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION WAS FOR A  MISDEMEANOR  AND
 TWO  YEARS  AFTER  THE  DATE  OF  THE  APPLICATION WHERE THE JUDGMENT OF
 CONVICTION WAS FOR A FELONY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH OFFENDER  HAS  NOT  BEEN
 CONVICTED OF A NEW CRIME AND IS NOT THE SUBJECT OF AN UNDISPOSED ARREST.
   2. Where the department has issued a certificate of [relief from disa-
 bilities]  RESTORATION,  the  department  may  at  any  time issue a new
 certificate enlarging the relief previously granted.
   3. The RELIEF GRANTED BY THE department [shall not  issue  any]  IN  A
 certificate  of  [relief  from  disabilities]  RESTORATION  pursuant  to
 [subdivisions] SUBDIVISION one or two[, unless the department is  satis-
 fied that:
   (a) The person to whom it is to be granted is an eligible offender, as
 defined in section seven hundred;
   (b)  The  relief  to be granted by the certificate is] OF THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE consistent with the rehabilitation of the eligible  offender[;]
 and
   [(c)  The  relief  to  be granted by the certificate is] BE consistent
 with the public interest.
   4. Any certificate of [relief from disabilities] RESTORATION issued by
 the department to an eligible offender who at time of  the  issuance  of
 the  certificate  is under the department's supervision, shall be deemed
 to be a temporary certificate until such time as the  eligible  offender
 is  discharged  from the department's supervision, and, while temporary,
 such certificate may be revoked by the department for violation  of  the
 conditions  of community supervision. Revocation shall be upon notice to
 the releasee, who shall  be  accorded  an  opportunity  to  explain  the
 violation  prior  to  decision  thereon.  If  the  certificate is not so
 revoked, it shall become a  permanent  certificate  upon  expiration  or
 termination of the department's jurisdiction over the individual.
   5. In granting or revoking a certificate of [relief from disabilities]
 RESTORATION  the  action  of  the  department shall be deemed a judicial
 function and shall not be reviewable if done according to law.
   6. For the purpose of determining whether such  certificate  shall  be
 issued, the department may conduct an investigation of the applicant.
   7. Presumption based on federal recommendation. Where a certificate of
 [relief  from  disabilities] RESTORATION is sought pursuant to paragraph
 (b) of subdivision one of this  section  on  a  judgment  of  conviction
 rendered by a federal district court in this state and the department is
 in  receipt of a written recommendation in favor of the issuance of such
 certificate from the  chief  probation  officer  of  the  district,  the
 department  shall  issue the requested certificate, unless it finds that
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 of  this  section  have  not  been  satisfied;  or that the interests of
 justice would not be advanced by the issuance of the certificate.
   § 6. Section 703-a of the correction law is REPEALED.
   § 7. Section 703-b of the correction law is REPEALED.
   § 8. Section 704 of the correction law, as added by chapter 654 of the
 laws of 1966, is amended to read as follows:
   §  704.  Effect of revocation; use of revoked certificate.  1. Where a
 certificate of [relief from disabilities] RESTORATION is  deemed  to  be
 temporary  and such certificate is revoked, disabilities and forfeitures
 thereby relieved shall be reinstated as  of  the  date  upon  which  the
 person  to  whom  the  certificate was issued receives written notice of
 such revocation. Any such person  shall  upon  receipt  of  such  notice
 surrender the certificate to the issuing court or board.
   2.  A  person who knowingly uses or attempts to use, a revoked certif-
 icate of [relief from disabilities] RESTORATION in order to obtain or to
 exercise any right or privilege that he would not be entitled to  obtain
 or  to  exercise without a valid certificate shall be guilty of a misde-
 meanor.
   3. WHERE A CERTIFICATE OF RESTORATION HAS BEEN REVOKED,  THE  OFFENDER
 SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR  A  NEW CERTIFICATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS
 SEVEN HUNDRED TWO AND SEVEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE AS APPLICABLE.
   § 9. Section 705 of the correction law, as amended by  section  36  of
 subpart  B  of  part  C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
 read as follows:
   § 705. Forms and filing. 1. All applications, certificates and  orders
 of  revocation  necessary for the purposes of this article shall be upon
 forms prescribed pursuant to agreement among the state  commissioner  of
 corrections  and  community supervision, the chairman of the state board
 of parole and the administrator of the state judicial  conference.  Such
 forms relating to certificates of [relief from disabilities] RESTORATION
 shall  be distributed by the office of probation and correctional alter-
 natives and [forms relating to certificates of  good  conduct  shall  be
 distributed]  by  the  commissioner of the department of corrections and
 community supervision.
   2. Any court or department issuing or revoking any certificate  pursu-
 ant to this article shall immediately file a copy of the certificate, or
 of  the  order of revocation, with the New York state identification and
 intelligence system.
   § 10. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 1 of section 130 of  the  executive
 law,  as  amended  by  section 1 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (h) vagrancy or prostitution, and  who  has  not  subsequent  to  such
 conviction  received  an  executive  pardon therefor or a certificate of
 [relief from disabilities or a certificate of good conduct]  RESTORATION
 pursuant  to  article  twenty-three  of the correction law to remove the
 disability under this section because of such conviction.
   § 11. Subdivision 3 of section 175 of the executive law, as amended by
 section 2 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   3.  Upon  a  showing  by the attorney general in an application for an
 injunction that any person engaged in solicitation has been convicted in
 this state or elsewhere of a felony or of a  misdemeanor  involving  the
 misappropriation,  misapplication  or misuse of the money or property of
 another, and who has not, subsequent to such conviction, received execu-
 tive pardon therefor or a certificate of [relief from disabilities or  a
 certificate  of  good  conduct]  RESTORATION pursuant to article twenty-

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 three of the correction law, the supreme court,  after  a  hearing,  may
 enjoin such person from engaging in any solicitation.
   §  12.  Clause 1 of paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 435 of the
 executive law, as amended by chapter 371 of the laws of 1974, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (1) a person convicted of a crime who has not received a pardon[,]  OR
 a certificate of [good conduct or a certificate of relief from disabili-
 ties] RESTORATION;
   § 13. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 8 of section 283 of the tax law, as
 amended  by  section 24 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (c) If a person convicted of a felony or crime deemed hereby to  be  a
 felony  is subsequently pardoned by the governor of the state where such
 conviction was had, or by the president of the United States,  or  shall
 receive  a  certificate of [relief from disabilities or a certificate of
 good conduct]  RESTORATION  pursuant  to  article  twenty-three  of  the
 correction  law  for  the  purpose of removing the disability under this
 section because of such conviction,  the  tax  commission  may,  in  its
 discretion,  on  application of such person and compliance with subdivi-
 sion two of this section, and on the submission to  it  of  satisfactory
 evidence  of  good  moral character and suitability, again register such
 person as a distributor under this article.
   § 14. Subdivision 2 of section 102 of the alcoholic  beverage  control
 law,  as  amended  by  section 1 of part OO of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2010, the opening paragraph as separately amended by section 3  of  part
 LL  of  chapter  56  of the laws of 2010 and paragraph (g) as separately
 amended by chapter 232 of the laws  of  2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  No  person  holding any license hereunder, other than a license to
 sell an alcoholic beverage at retail for off-premises consumption  or  a
 license  or  special license to sell an alcoholic beverage at retail for
 consumption on the premises where such license authorizes  the  sale  of
 liquor,  beer  and/or  wine on the premises of a catering establishment,
 hotel, restaurant,  club,  or  recreational  facility,  shall  knowingly
 employ  in connection with his OR HER business in any capacity whatsoev-
 er, any person, who has been convicted  of  a  felony,  or  any  of  the
 following  offenses,  who has not subsequent to such conviction received
 an executive pardon therefor removing any  civil  disabilities  incurred
 thereby,  a certificate of [relief from disabilities or a certificate of
 good conduct]  RESTORATION  pursuant  to  article  twenty-three  of  the
 correction  law,  or  other relief from disabilities provided by law, or
 the written approval of  the  state  liquor  authority  permitting  such
 employment, to wit:
   (a)  Illegally using, carrying or possessing a pistol or other danger-
 ous weapon;
   (b) Making or possessing burglar's instruments;
   (c) Buying or receiving or criminally possessing stolen property;
   (d) Unlawful entry of a building;
   (e) Aiding escape from prison;
   (f) Unlawfully  possessing  or  distributing  habit  forming  narcotic
 drugs;
   (g) Violating subdivisions six, ten or eleven of section seven hundred
 twenty-two  of  the  former penal law as in force and effect immediately
 prior to September first, nineteen  hundred  sixty-seven,  or  violating
 [sections] SECTION 165.25 or 165.30 of the penal law;
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   (i)  Ownership,  operation,  possession, custody or control of a still
 subsequent to July first, nineteen hundred fifty-four.
   If,  as  hereinabove  provided,  the state liquor authority issues its
 written approval for the employment by a licensee, in a specified capac-
 ity, of a person previously convicted of a felony or any of the offenses
 above enumerated, such person, may, unless he  OR  SHE  is  subsequently
 convicted of a felony or any of such offenses, thereafter be employed in
 the  same  capacity  by  any  other licensee without the further written
 approval of the authority unless the prior approval given by the author-
 ity is terminated.
   The liquor authority may make such rules  as  it  deems  necessary  to
 carry out the purpose and intent of this subdivision.
   As  used  in this subdivision, "recreational facility" shall mean: (i)
 premises that are part of a facility the  principal  business  of  which
 shall  be the providing of recreation in the form of golf, tennis, swim-
 ming, skiing or boating; and (ii) premises in which the principal  busi-
 ness  shall  be  the  operation of a theatre, concert hall, opera house,
 bowling establishment, excursion and  sightseeing  vessel,  or  accommo-
 dation  of athletic events, sporting events, expositions and other simi-
 lar events or occasions requiring the accommodation of large  gatherings
 of persons.
   §  15.  Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 110 of the alcoholic
 beverage control law, as amended by chapter 114 of the laws of 2000,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (d)  A statement that such applicant or the applicant's spouse has not
 been convicted of a crime addressed by the  provisions  of  section  one
 hundred  twenty-six  of  this  article  which would forbid the applicant
 (including any officers, directors, shareholders or partners  listed  in
 the statement of identity under paragraph (a) of this subdivision or the
 spouse of such person) or the applicant's spouse to traffic in alcoholic
 beverages, a statement whether or not the applicant (including any offi-
 cers,  directors,  shareholders  or  partners listed in the statement of
 identity under paragraph (a) of this subdivision or the  spouse  of  any
 such  person)  or  the  applicant's  spouse  is an official described in
 section one hundred twenty-eight of this article, and a  description  of
 any  crime that the applicant (including any officers, directors, share-
 holders or partners listed under paragraph (a) of  this  subdivision  or
 the  spouse  of  any  such  person)  or  the applicant's spouse has been
 convicted of and whether such person has received a pardon,  certificate
 of   [good   conduct   or   certificate  of  relief  from  disabilities]
 RESTORATION; provided, however, that  no  person  shall  be  denied  any
 license solely on the grounds that such person is the spouse of a person
 otherwise disqualified from holding a license under this chapter.
   § 16. Subdivisions 1, 1-a and 4 of section 126 of the alcoholic bever-
 age  control  law,  as  amended  by section 50 of subpart B of part C of
 chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   1. Except as provided in subdivision one-a of this section,  a  person
 who  has been convicted of a felony or any of the misdemeanors mentioned
 in section eleven hundred forty-six of the former penal law as in  force
 and  effect  immediately  prior  to  September  first,  nineteen hundred
 sixty-seven, or of an offense defined in section 230.20 or 230.40 of the
 penal law, unless subsequent to such conviction such person  shall  have
 received  an  executive  pardon  therefor  removing  this  disability, a
 certificate of [good conduct granted by the  department  of  corrections
 and community supervision, or a certificate of relief from disabilities]
 RESTORATION  granted  by  the  department  of  corrections and community

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 supervision or a court of this state pursuant to the provisions of arti-
 cle twenty-three of the correction law to remove  the  disability  under
 this section because of such conviction.
   1-a. Notwithstanding the provision of subdivision one of this section,
 a  corporation holding a license to traffic in alcoholic beverages shall
 not, upon conviction of a felony or any of the misdemeanors or  offenses
 described in subdivision one of this section, be automatically forbidden
 to  traffic in alcoholic beverages, but the application for a license by
 such a corporation shall be subject to denial, and the license of such a
 corporation shall be subject to revocation or suspension by the authori-
 ty pursuant to section one hundred eighteen of this  [chapter]  ARTICLE,
 consistent   with  the  provisions  of  article  twenty-three-A  of  the
 correction law. For any felony conviction by a court other than a  court
 of  this  state, the authority may request the department of corrections
 and community supervision  to  investigate  and  review  the  facts  and
 circumstances  concerning  such a conviction, and such department shall,
 if so requested, submit its findings to the authority as to whether  the
 corporation  has  conducted  itself  in a manner such that discretionary
 review by the authority would not be inconsistent with the public inter-
 est. The department of corrections and community supervision may  charge
 the  licensee or applicant a fee equivalent to the expenses of an appro-
 priate investigation under this subdivision. For any conviction rendered
 by a court of this state, the authority may request the corporation,  if
 the  corporation is eligible for a certificate of [relief from disabili-
 ties] RESTORATION, to seek such a  certificate  [from  the  court  which
 rendered  the conviction] IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE OF THE
 CORRECTION LAW and to submit such a certificate as part of the  authori-
 ty's discretionary review process.
   4.  A  copartnership or a corporation, unless each member of the part-
 nership, or each of the principal officers and directors of  the  corpo-
 ration,  is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted
 for permanent residence in the United States, not less  than  twenty-one
 years  of  age,  and  has not been convicted of any felony or any of the
 misdemeanors, specified in  section  eleven  hundred  forty-six  of  the
 former  penal  law as in force and effect immediately prior to September
 first, nineteen hundred sixty-seven, or of an offense defined in section
 230.20 or 230.40 of the penal law, or  if  so  convicted  has  received,
 subsequent  to  such  conviction,  an executive pardon therefor removing
 this disability, a certificate of [good conduct granted by  the  depart-
 ment  of  corrections  and  community  supervision,  or a certificate of
 relief from disabilities]  RESTORATION  granted  by  the  department  of
 corrections  and community supervision or a court of this state pursuant
 to the provisions of article  twenty-three  of  the  correction  law  to
 remove  the  disability  under  this section because of such conviction;
 provided however that a corporation  which  otherwise  conforms  to  the
 requirements  of this section and chapter may be licensed if each of its
 principal officers and more than one-half of its directors are  citizens
 of the United States or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence
 in  the United States; and provided further that a corporation organized
 under the not-for-profit corporation law  or  the  education  law  which
 otherwise  conforms  to the requirements of this section and chapter may
 be licensed if each of its principal officers and more than one-half  of
 its  directors are not less than twenty-one years of age and none of its
 directors are less than eighteen years of age; and provided further that
 a corporation organized under the not-for-profit corporation law or  the
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 section two of  the  education  law  which  otherwise  conforms  to  the
 requirements  of this section and chapter may be licensed if each of its
 principal officers and each of its directors are not less than  eighteen
 years of age.
   §  17.  Subdivision 4 of section 96-z-3 of the agriculture and markets
 law, as amended by section 4 of part LL of chapter 56  of  the  laws  of
 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (4)  applicant,  an  officer,  director, partner, or holder of ten per
 centum or more of the voting stock of an applicant has been convicted of
 a felony by a court of the United States or any state or territory ther-
 eof, without subsequent pardon by  the  governor  or  other  appropriate
 authority  of  the  state  or  jurisdiction  in  which  such  conviction
 occurred, or the receipt of a certificate of [relief  from  disabilities
 or  a certificate of good conduct] RESTORATION pursuant to article twen-
 ty-three of the correction law,
   § 18. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 4 of section 129 of the agriculture
 and markets law, as amended by section 5 of part LL of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (d) The applicant or registrant, or an officer, director,  partner  or
 holder of ten per centum or more of the voting stock of the applicant or
 registrant,  has  been  convicted  of  a felony by a court of the United
 States or any state or territory thereof, without subsequent  pardon  by
 the governor or other appropriate authority of the state or jurisdiction
 in  which  such  conviction  occurred,  or  receipt  of a certificate of
 [relief from disabilities or a certificate of good conduct]  RESTORATION
 pursuant to article twenty-three of the correction law;
   §  19.  Paragraph  (c)  of subdivision 2 of section 2897 of the public
 health law, as amended by section 21 of part LL of  chapter  56  of  the
 laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (c)  If  a person convicted of a felony or crime deemed hereby to be a
 felony is subsequently pardoned by the governor of the state where  such
 conviction  was  had, or by the president of the United States, or shall
 receive a certificate of [relief from disabilities or a  certificate  of
 good  conduct]  RESTORATION  pursuant  to  article  twenty-three  of the
 correction law for the purpose of removing  the  disability  under  this
 section because of such conviction, the board may, in its discretion, on
 application  of such person, and on the submission to it of satisfactory
 evidence, restore to such person the  right  to  practice  nursing  home
 administration in this state.
   §  20. Section 3454 of the public health law, as amended by section 22
 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  3454.  Restoration  of  licenses after conviction of a felony. If a
 person convicted of a felony or crime deemed to be a  felony  is  subse-
 quently  pardoned by the governor of the state where such conviction was
 had or by the president of the United States, or shall receive a certif-
 icate of [relief from disabilities or a  certificate  of  good  conduct]
 RESTORATION  pursuant  to  article twenty-three of the correction law to
 remove the disability under this section because of such conviction, the
 commissioner may, in his OR  HER  discretion,  on  application  of  such
 person,  and  on  the submission to him OR HER of satisfactory evidence,
 restore to such person the right to practice in this state.
   § 21. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section  3510  of  the  public
 health  law,  as added by chapter 175 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
 read as follows:

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   (a) No person convicted of a felony shall continue to hold  a  license
 to  practice radiologic technology, unless he or she has been granted an
 executive pardon, a  certificate  of  [relief  from  disabilities  or  a
 certificate  of  good  conduct]  RESTORATION  for  such  felony and, the
 commissioner,  in  his  or  her  discretion,  restores the license after
 determining that the individual does not pose a threat to patient health
 and safety.
   § 22. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 189-a of  the  general
 municipal  law,  as added by chapter 574 of the laws of 1978, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (1) a person convicted of a crime who has not  received  a  pardon,  a
 certificate  of  [good conduct or a certificate of relief from disabili-
 ties] RESTORATION;
   § 23. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section  191  of  the  general
 municipal  law, as amended by section 15 of part LL of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) Issuance of licenses to conduct games of chance. If such clerk  or
 department  shall  determine  that the applicant is duly qualified to be
 licensed to conduct games of chance under this article; that the  member
 or  members  of  the  applicant  designated in the application to manage
 games of chance are bona fide active members of the  applicant  and  are
 persons  of  good  moral  character  and  have never been convicted of a
 crime, or, if convicted, have received a pardon, a certificate of  [good
 conduct or a certificate of relief from disabilities] RESTORATION pursu-
 ant  to  article twenty-three of the correction law; that such games are
 to be conducted in accordance with the provisions of this article and in
 accordance with the rules and regulations of the  board  and  applicable
 local  laws  or  ordinances  and  that  the  proceeds  thereof are to be
 disposed of as provided by this article, and if such clerk or department
 is satisfied that no commission, salary, compensation, reward or  recom-
 pense  whatever  will be paid or given to any person managing, operating
 or assisting therein except as in this article  otherwise  provided;  it
 shall  issue  a  license  to  the  applicant for the conduct of games of
 chance upon payment of a license fee of  twenty-five  dollars  for  each
 license period.
   §  24.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 9 of section 476 of the general
 municipal law, as amended by section 16 of part LL of chapter 56 of  the
 laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  a  person convicted of a crime who has not received a pardon or a
 certificate of [good conduct or a certificate of relief  from  disabili-
 ties]  RESTORATION  pursuant  to  article twenty-three of the correction
 law;
   § 25. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section  481  of  the  general
 municipal  law, as amended by section 17 of part LL of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) Issuance of licenses to conduct bingo. If the  governing  body  of
 the municipality shall determine that the applicant is duly qualified to
 be  licensed  to  conduct  bingo  under this article; that the member or
 members of the applicant designated in the application to conduct  bingo
 are  bona  fide  active members of the applicant and are persons of good
 moral character and  have  never  been  convicted  of  a  crime  or,  if
 convicted, have received a pardon or a certificate of [good conduct or a
 certificate of relief from disabilities] RESTORATION pursuant to article
 twenty-three  of the correction law; that such games are to be conducted
 in accordance with the provisions of this article and in accordance with
 the rules and regulations of the commission, and that the proceeds ther-

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 eof are to be disposed of as  provided  by  this  article,  and  if  the
 governing  body  is  satisfied that no commission, salary, compensation,
 reward or recompense whatever will be paid or given to any person  hold-
 ing,  operating or conducting or assisting in the holding, operation and
 conduct of any such games except as in this article otherwise  provided;
 and  that  no  prize  will  be offered and given in excess of the sum or
 value of one thousand dollars in any single game and that the  aggregate
 of  all  prizes  offered  and  given in all of such games conducted on a
 single occasion, under said license shall not exceed the sum or value of
 three thousand dollars, it shall issue a license to  the  applicant  for
 the  conduct  of bingo upon payment of a license fee of eighteen dollars
 and seventy-five cents for each bingo occasion; provided, however,  that
 the governing body shall refuse to issue a license to an applicant seek-
 ing  to  conduct bingo in premises of a licensed commercial lessor where
 it determines that the premises presently  owned  or  occupied  by  said
 applicant  are  in  every  respect  adequate and suitable for conducting
 bingo games.
   § 26. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 84-a of the town law, as
 amended by section 10 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of  2010,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   b. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the following
 statement:
                         STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER
   I  do declare that I will have been a citizen of the United States for
 thirty days, and will be at least eighteen years of age, on the date  of
 the  special  town  election;  that  I will have been a resident of this
 state and of the town shown on the reverse side  of  this  envelope  for
 thirty  days next preceding the said election; that I am or on such date
 will be, a registered voter of said town;  that  I  will  be  unable  to
 appear  personally on the day of said special town election at the poll-
 ing place of the election district in which I am or will be a  qualified
 voter  because of the reason stated on my application heretofore submit-
 ted; that I have not qualified, or do I intend to vote,  elsewhere  than
 as  set  forth  on  the  reverse  side of this envelope; that I have not
 received or offered, do not expect to receive, have not paid, offered or
 promised to pay, contributed,  offered  or  promised  to  contribute  to
 another  to  be  paid  or  used, any money or other valuable thing, as a
 compensation or reward for the giving or withholding of a vote  at  this
 special  town  election,  and have not made any promise to influence the
 giving or withholding of any such votes; that I have not made or  become
 directly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the
 result of this special town election; and that I have not been convicted
 of  bribery or any infamous crime, or, if so convicted, that I have been
 pardoned or restored to all the rights of a citizen, without restriction
 as to the right of suffrage, or received a certificate of  [relief  from
 disabilities  or  a certificate of good conduct] RESTORATION pursuant to
 article twenty-three of the correction law  removing  my  disability  to
 register and vote OR MY MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT HAS EXPIRED.
   I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
 my  knowledge  and  belief, and I understand that if I make any material
 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be
 guilty of a misdemeanor.
     Date.............. Signature of Voter..................
   § 27. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 175-b of the  town  law,
 as  amended  by section 11 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010,
 is amended to read as follows:

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   b.  On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the  follow-
 ing statement:
                        STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER
   I  do declare that I will have been a citizen of the United States for
 thirty days, and will be at least eighteen years of age, on the date  of
 the  district  election;  that I will have been a resident of this state
 and of the district if any, shown on the reverse side of  this  envelope
 for  thirty  days  next  preceding the said election and that I am or on
 such date will be, a registered voter of said district; that I  will  be
 unable  to appear personally on the day of said district election at the
 polling place of the said district in which I am or will be a  qualified
 voter  because of the reason stated on my application heretofore submit-
 ted; that I have not qualified, or do I intend to vote,  elsewhere  than
 as  set  forth  on  the  reverse  side of this envelope; that I have not
 received or offered, do not expect to receive, have not paid, offered or
 promised to pay, contributed,  offered  or  promised  to  contribute  to
 another  to  be  paid  or  used, any money or other valuable thing, as a
 compensation or reward for the giving or withholding of a vote  at  this
 district election, and have not made any promise to influence the giving
 or withholding of any such votes; that I have not made or become direct-
 ly  or  indirectly  interested  in  any  bet or wager depending upon the
 result of this district election; and that I have not been convicted  of
 bribery  or  any  infamous  crime, or, if so convicted, that I have been
 pardoned or restored to all the rights of a citizen, without restriction
 as to the right of suffrage, or received a certificate of  [relief  from
 disabilities  or  a certificate of good conduct] RESTORATION pursuant to
 article twenty-three of the correction law  removing  my  disability  to
 register and vote OR MY MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT HAS EXPIRED.
   I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
 my  knowledge  and  belief, and I understand that if I make any material
 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be
 guilty of a misdemeanor.
   Date..............Signature of Voter..................
   § 28. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 213-b of the  town  law,
 as  amended  by section 12 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010,
 is amended to read as follows:
   b.  On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the  follow-
 ing statement:
                         STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER
 
   I  do declare that I will have been a citizen of the United States for
 thirty days, and will be at least eighteen years of age, on the date  of
 the  district  election;  that I will have been a resident of this state
 and of the district if any, shown on the reverse side of  this  envelope
 for  thirty  days  next  preceding the said election and that I am or on
 such date will be, a registered voter of said district; that I  will  be
 unable  to appear personally on the day of said district election at the
 polling place of the said district in which I am or will be a  qualified
 voter  because of the reason stated on my application heretofore submit-
 ted; that I have not qualified, or do I intend to vote,  elsewhere  than
 as  set  forth  on  the  reverse  side of this envelope; that I have not
 received or offered, do not expect to receive, have not paid, offered or
 promised to pay, contributed,  offered  or  promised  to  contribute  to
 another  to  be  paid  or  used, any money or other valuable thing, as a
 compensation or reward for the giving or withholding of a vote  at  this
 district election, and have not made any promise to influence the giving

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 or withholding of any such votes; that I have not made or become direct-
 ly  or  indirectly  interested  in  any  bet or wager depending upon the
 result of this district election; and that I have not been convicted  of
 bribery  or  any  infamous  crime, or, if so convicted, that I have been
 pardoned or restored to all the rights of a citizen, without restriction
 as to the right of suffrage, or received a certificate of  [relief  from
 disabilities  or  a certificate of good conduct] RESTORATION pursuant to
 article twenty-three of the correction law  removing  my  disability  to
 register and vote OR MY MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT HAS EXPIRED.
   I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
 my  knowledge  and  belief, and I understand that if I make any material
 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be
 guilty of a misdemeanor.
      Date............. Signature of Voter ..............................
   § 29. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 2018-a of the  education
 law,  as  amended  by  section 8 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   b. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the following
 statement:
 
                        STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER
 
   I do declare that I am a citizen of the United States, and will be  at
 least  eighteen  years  of  age,  on  the  date  of  the school district
 election; that I will have been a resident of  this  state  and  of  the
 school  district  and  school  election  district,  if any, shown on the
 reverse side of this envelope for thirty days next  preceding  the  said
 election  and duly registered in the school district and school election
 district, if any, shown on the reverse side of this envelope and that  I
 am  or  on such date will be, a qualified voter of said school district;
 that I will be unable to appear personally on the  day  of  said  school
 district  election  at the polling place of the said district in which I
 am or will be a qualified voter because  of  the  reason  stated  on  my
 application  heretofore  submitted;  that  I have not qualified, or do I
 intend to vote, elsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of  this
 envelope; that I have not received or offered, do not expect to receive,
 have not paid, offered or promised to pay, contributed, offered or prom-
 ised  to  contribute  to  another to be paid or used, any money or other
 valuable thing, as a compensation or reward for the giving or  withhold-
 ing  of  a  vote at this school district election, and have not made any
 promise to influence the giving or withholding of any such votes; that I
 have not made or become directly or indirectly interested in any bet  or
 wager  depending  upon  the result of this school district election; and
 that I have not been convicted of bribery or any infamous crime, or,  if
 so convicted, that I have been pardoned or restored to all the rights of
 a  citizen, without restriction as to the right of suffrage, or received
 a certificate of [relief from disabilities  or  a  certificate  of  good
 conduct]  RESTORATION pursuant to article twenty-three of the correction
 law removing my disability to register and vote OR MY  MAXIMUM  SENTENCE
 OF IMPRISONMENT HAS EXPIRED.
   I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
 my  knowledge  and  belief, and I understand that if I make any material
 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be
 guilty of a misdemeanor.
 
   Date.....................Signature of Voter ..........................

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   § 30. Paragraph b of subdivision 6 of section 2018-b of the  education
 law,  as  amended  by  section 9 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   b. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the following
 statement:
 
                        STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER
 
   I  do declare that I am a citizen of the United States, and will be at
 least eighteen years of age on the date of the school district election;
 that I will have been a  resident  of  this  state  and  of  the  school
 district and school election district, if any, shown on the reverse side
 of  this  envelope  for thirty days next preceding the said election and
 that I am or on such date will be, a  qualified  voter  of  said  school
 district;  that I will be unable to appear personally on the day of said
 school district election at the polling place of the  said  district  in
 which  I am or will be a qualified voter because of the reason stated on
 my application heretofore submitted; that I have not qualified, or do  I
 intend  to vote, elsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of this
 envelope; that I have not received or offered, do not expect to receive,
 have not paid, offered or promised to pay, contributed, offered or prom-
 ised to contribute to another to be paid or used,  any  money  or  other
 valuable  thing, as a compensation or reward for the giving or withhold-
 ing of a vote at this school district election, and have  not  made  any
 promise to influence the giving or withholding of any such votes; that I
 have  not made or become directly or indirectly interested in any bet or
 wager depending upon the result of this school  district  election;  and
 that  I have not been convicted of bribery or any infamous crime, or, if
 so convicted, that I have been pardoned or restored to all the rights of
 a citizen, without restriction as to the  right  of  suffrage,  or  have
 received  a certificate of [relief from disabilities or a certificate of
 good conduct]  RESTORATION  pursuant  to  article  twenty-three  of  the
 correction  law removing my disability to vote OR MY MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF
 IMPRISONMENT HAS EXPIRED.
 
   I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I  make  any  material
 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be
 guilty of a misdemeanor.
 
   Date....................Signature of Voter ...........................

   §  31.  Subdivision  2 of section 69-o of the general business law, as
 amended by chapter 575 of the laws  of  1993,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2. After the filing of an applicant's fingerprint cards, the secretary
 of  state  shall  forward  such fingerprints to the division of criminal
 justice services to be compared with the fingerprints on file  with  the
 division  of criminal justice services in order to ascertain whether the
 applicant has been convicted  of  a  felony  involving  fraud,  bribery,
 perjury  or  theft  pursuant  to  article one hundred forty, one hundred
 fifty-five, one hundred  sixty,  one  hundred  sixty-five,  one  hundred
 seventy,  one hundred seventy-five, one hundred seventy-six, one hundred
 eighty, one hundred eighty-five, one hundred ninety, one  hundred  nine-
 ty-five, two hundred or two hundred ten of the penal law; or has a crim-
 inal  action which has been pending for such a felony for under one year

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 without  a  final  disposition  unless  adjourned  in  contemplation  of
 dismissal;  provided,  however,  that  for the purposes of this article,
 none of the  following  shall  be  considered  criminal  convictions  or
 reported as such:
   (a)  A  conviction  which  has been vacated and replaced by a youthful
 offender finding pursuant to article seven hundred twenty of the  crimi-
 nal  procedure  law,  or  the  applicable provisions of law of any other
 jurisdiction; or
   (b) A conviction the records of which have  been  expunged  or  sealed
 pursuant  to  the  applicable provisions of the laws of this state or of
 any other jurisdiction; or
   (c) A conviction for which [a certificate of relief from  disabilities
 or] a certificate of [good conduct] RESTORATION has been issued pursuant
 to ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE OF the correction law.
   The division of criminal justice services shall retain the fingerprint
 cards  and  return  the  report of such convictions or pending cases, if
 any, to the secretary of state who shall retain them in  a  confidential
 file  for  no  more than one year, after which time such report shall be
 destroyed.
   The secretary of state shall deny the application  of  any  individual
 convicted  of a felony involving fraud, bribery, perjury or theft pursu-
 ant to article one hundred forty, one hundred  fifty-five,  one  hundred
 sixty,  one  hundred sixty-five, one hundred seventy, one hundred seven-
 ty-five, one hundred seventy-six, one hundred eighty, one hundred eight-
 y-five, one hundred ninety, one hundred ninety-five, two hundred or  two
 hundred  ten  of  the penal law; or has a criminal action which has been
 pending for such a felony for under one year without a final disposition
 unless adjourned in contemplation of dismissal; provided, however,  that
 for the purposes of this article, none of the following shall be consid-
 ered criminal convictions or reported as such:
   (i)  A  conviction  which  has been vacated and replaced by a youthful
 offender finding pursuant to article seven hundred twenty of the  crimi-
 nal  procedure  law,  or  the  applicable provisions of law of any other
 jurisdiction; or
   (ii) A conviction the records of which have been  expunged  or  sealed
 pursuant  to  the  applicable provisions of the laws of this state or of
 any other jurisdiction; or
   (iii) A conviction for which [a certificate of relief  from  disabili-
 ties  or]  a  certificate  of [good conduct] RESTORATION has been issued
 pursuant to ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE OF the correction law.
   § 32. Subdivision 1 of section 81 of  the  general  business  law,  as
 amended  by  section 14 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. The holder of any license certificate issued pursuant to this arti-
 cle may employ to assist him in his work of private detective or  inves-
 tigator or bail enforcement agent as described in section seventy-one of
 this  article  and in the conduct of such business as many persons as he
 may deem necessary, and shall at all times  during  such  employment  be
 legally  responsible  for  the  good conduct in the business of each and
 every person so employed.
   No holder of any unexpired license certificate issued pursuant to this
 article shall knowingly employ in connection with his or its business in
 any capacity whatsoever, any person who has been convicted of  a  felony
 or  any of the offenses specified in subdivision two of section seventy-
 four of this article, and who has  not  subsequent  to  such  conviction
 received executive pardon therefor removing this disability, or received

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 a  certificate  of  [relief  from  disabilities or a certificate of good
 conduct] RESTORATION pursuant to article twenty-three of the  correction
 law  to  remove  the  disability  under  this  section because of such a
 conviction,  or  any  person  whose  private detective or investigator's
 license or bail enforcement agent's license was revoked  or  application
 for such license was denied by the department of state or by the author-
 ities  of  any  other state or territory because of conviction of any of
 such offenses. Should the holder of  an  unexpired  license  certificate
 falsely  state  or represent that a person is or has been in his employ,
 such false statement or misrepresentation shall be sufficient cause  for
 the revocation of such license. Any person falsely stating or represent-
 ing that he is or has been a detective or employed by a detective agency
 or that he is or has been a bail enforcement agent or employed by a bail
 enforcement agency shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
   §  33.  Paragraph 4 of subsection (d) of section 2108 of the insurance
 law, as amended by section 18 of part LL of chapter 56 of  the  laws  of
 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (4)  This  subsection shall not prevent the employment of or the issu-
 ance of a license to any person who, subsequent to his conviction, shall
 have received executive pardon therefor removing this disability, or who
 has received a certificate of [relief from disabilities or a certificate
 of good conduct] RESTORATION pursuant to  article  twenty-three  of  the
 correction  law  to  remove the disability under this section because of
 such conviction or previous license revocation occasioned thereby.
   § 34. Subdivision 6 of section 369 of the banking law, as  amended  by
 chapter  164 of the laws of 2003 and paragraph (b) as amended by section
 6 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   6.  The  superintendent may refuse to issue a license pursuant to this
 article if he shall find that the applicant, or  any  person  who  is  a
 director,  officer,  partner, agent, employee or substantial stockholder
 of the applicant, (a) has been convicted of a crime in any  jurisdiction
 or  (b) is associating or consorting with any person who has, or persons
 who have, been convicted of a crime or crimes  in  any  jurisdiction  or
 jurisdictions;  provided,  however,  that  the  superintendent shall not
 issue such a license if he shall find that the applicant, or any  person
 who  is  a  director,  officer,  partner, agent, employee or substantial
 stockholder of the applicant, has been convicted  of  a  felony  in  any
 jurisdiction  or of a crime which, if committed within this state, would
 constitute a felony under the laws thereof. For  the  purposes  of  this
 article,  a  person shall be deemed to have been convicted of a crime if
 such person shall have pleaded guilty to a charge thereof before a court
 or magistrate, or shall have been found guilty thereof by  the  decision
 or  judgment of a court or magistrate or by the verdict of a jury, irre-
 spective of the pronouncement of sentence  or  the  suspension  thereof,
 unless such plea of guilty, or such decision, judgment or verdict, shall
 have  been set aside, reversed or otherwise abrogated by lawful judicial
 process or unless the person convicted of the crime shall have  received
 a  pardon therefor from the president of the United States or the gover-
 nor  or  other  pardoning  authority  in  the  jurisdiction  where   the
 conviction was had, or shall have received a certificate of [relief from
 disabilities  or  a certificate of good conduct] RESTORATION pursuant to
 article twenty-three of the correction  law  to  remove  the  disability
 under  this  article  because  of such conviction. The term "substantial
 stockholder," as used in this subdivision, shall be deemed to refer to a
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 outstanding  stock  of  the corporation in which such person is a stock-
 holder. In making a determination  pursuant  to  this  subdivision,  the
 superintendent shall require fingerprinting of the applicant. Such fing-
 erprints shall be submitted to the division of criminal justice services
 for a state criminal history record check, as defined in subdivision one
 of  section  three thousand thirty-five of the education law, and may be
 submitted to the federal bureau of investigation for a national criminal
 history record check.
   § 35. Paragraph 5 of subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law,
 as amended by chapter 235 of the laws of 2007, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   5.  Possession  of  a rifle or shotgun by a person other than a person
 who has been convicted of  a  class  A-I  felony  or  a  violent  felony
 offense, as defined in subdivision one of section 70.02 of this chapter,
 who  has  been  convicted  as  specified  in subdivision four of section
 265.01 OF THIS ARTICLE to whom a certificate of [good conduct]  RESTORA-
 TION  has  been issued [pursuant to section seven hundred three-b of the
 correction law].
   § 36. Section 751 of the correction law, as amended by chapter 284  of
 the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   §  751.  Applicability.  The provisions of this article shall apply to
 any application by any person for a license or employment at any  public
 or  private  employer,  who has previously been convicted of one or more
 criminal offenses in this state or in any other jurisdiction, and to any
 license or employment held by any person whose conviction of one or more
 criminal offenses in this state or in any  other  jurisdiction  preceded
 such  employment  or  granting  of  a  license, except where a mandatory
 forfeiture, disability or bar to employment is imposed by law,  and  has
 not  been  removed  by  an executive pardon, certificate of [relief from
 disabilities or certificate of good  conduct]  RESTORATION.  Nothing  in
 this article shall be construed to affect any right an employer may have
 with  respect  to an intentional misrepresentation in connection with an
 application for employment made by a prospective employee or  previously
 made by a current employee.
   §  37. Subdivision 2 of section 753 of the correction law, as added by
 chapter 931 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
   2. In making a determination pursuant to section seven hundred  fifty-
 two  of  this  [chapter]  ARTICLE, the public agency or private employer
 shall also give consideration to a certificate of [relief from disabili-
 ties or a certificate of good conduct] RESTORATION issued to the  appli-
 cant,  which certificate shall create a presumption of rehabilitation in
 regard to the offense or offenses specified therein.
   § 38. The closing paragraph of section 79-a of the civil  rights  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  687 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read as
 follows:
   Nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude the issuance of  a
 certificate  of  [good  conduct]  RESTORATION  by the board of parole OR
 SENTENCING COURT pursuant to law to a person  who  previously  has  been
 sentenced to imprisonment for life.
   §  39.  The  first undesignated paragraph of section 440-a of the real
 property law, as amended by section 23 of part LL of chapter 56  of  the
 laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   No  person,  co-partnership,  limited liability company or corporation
 shall engage in or follow the business or occupation of, or hold himself
 or itself out or act temporarily or otherwise as a real estate broker or
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 therefor  as  provided in this article. No person shall be entitled to a
 license as a real estate broker under this article, either as  an  indi-
 vidual  or as a member of a co-partnership, or as a member or manager of
 a limited liability company or as an officer of a corporation, unless he
 or she is twenty years of age or over, a citizen of the United States or
 an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States.
 No person shall be entitled to a license as a real estate salesman under
 this  article  unless  he  or  she is over the age of eighteen years. No
 person shall be entitled to a license as a real estate  broker  or  real
 estate  salesman under this article who has been convicted in this state
 or elsewhere of a felony, of a sex offense, as  defined  in  subdivision
 two  of  section  one hundred sixty-eight-a of the correction law or any
 offense committed outside of this state which  would  constitute  a  sex
 offense,  or a sexually violent offense, as defined in subdivision three
 of section one hundred  sixty-eight-a  of  the  correction  law  or  any
 offense  committed  outside this state which would constitute a sexually
 violent offense, and who has not subsequent to such conviction  received
 executive  pardon therefor or a certificate of [relief from disabilities
 or a certificate of good conduct] RESTORATION pursuant to article  twen-
 ty-three  of  the  correction  law,  to remove the disability under this
 section because of such conviction. No person shall  be  entitled  to  a
 license as a real estate broker or real estate salesman under this arti-
 cle  who  does not meet the requirements of section 3-503 of the general
 obligations law.
   § 40. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 20-438 of the adminis-
 trative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
   (a) Issuance of licenses to conduct games of chance.  If such  depart-
 ment shall determine that the applicant is duly qualified to be licensed
 to  conduct  games  of chance under this subchapter; that the members of
 the applicant designated in the application to conduct games  of  chance
 are  bona  fide  active members of the applicant and are persons of good
 moral character and have  never  been  convicted  of  a  crime,  or,  if
 convicted,  have  received  a  pardon or a certificate of [good conduct]
 RESTORATION; that such games are to be conducted in accordance with  the
 provisions of this subchapter and in accordance with the rules and regu-
 lations of the board and that the proceeds thereof are to be disposed of
 as provided by this subchapter; and if such department is satisfied that
 no  commission, salary, compensation, reward or recompense whatever will
 be paid or given to any  person  holding,  operating  or  conducting  or
 assisting in the holding, operation and conduct of any such games except
 as  in  this  subchapter  otherwise  provided; and that no prize will be
 given in excess of the sum or value of one hundred dollars in any single
 game and that the aggregate of all prizes given on one  occasion,  under
 said  license shall not exceed the sum or value of one thousand dollars,
 the department shall issue a license to the applicant for the conduct of
 games of chance upon payment of a license fee of twenty-five dollars for
 each license period.
   § 41. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section  2806  of  the  public
 health  law,  as  amended  by section 20 of part LL of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (d) of this  subdivision,
 anything  contained  in this section or in a certificate of [relief from
 disabilities or a certificate of good conduct] RESTORATION issued pursu-
 ant to article twenty-three  of  the  correction  law  to  the  contrary
 notwithstanding,  a  hospital  operating certificate of a hospital under
 control of a controlling person as defined in paragraph (a) of  subdivi-

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 sion  twelve  of  section twenty-eight hundred one-a of this article, or
 under control of any other entity, shall be revoked upon  a  finding  by
 the department that such controlling person or any individual, member of
 a  partnership  or  shareholder  of a corporation to whom or to which an
 operating certificate has been issued, has been convicted of a class  A,
 B or C felony, or a felony related in any way to any activity or program
 subject  to  the  regulations,  supervision,  or  administration  of the
 department or of the office of temporary and disability assistance or in
 violation of the public officers law in a court of  competent  jurisdic-
 tion  in  the state, or of a crime outside the state which, if committed
 within the state, would have been a class A, B or C felony or  a  felony
 related  in  any  way  to  any  activity or program subject to the regu-
 lations, supervision, or administration of  the  department  or  of  the
 office  of  temporary  and  disability assistance or in violation of the
 public officers law.
   § 42. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 and paragraph (a) of  subdivision
 2  of  section  509-c  of  the vehicle and traffic law, paragraph (a) of
 subdivision 1 as amended by section 25 and paragraph (a) of  subdivision
 2 as amended by section 26 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010,
 are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  permanently,  if  that  person has been convicted of or forfeited
 bond or collateral which forfeiture order has not been  vacated  or  the
 subject  of  an  order  of remission upon a violation of section 130.30,
 130.35, 130.45, 130.50, 130.60, or  130.65  of  the  penal  law,  or  an
 offense  committed  under  a former section of the penal law which would
 constitute a violation of the aforesaid sections of the penal law or any
 offense committed  outside  of  this  state  which  would  constitute  a
 violation of the aforesaid sections of the penal law, provided, however,
 the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to convictions, suspen-
 sions  or revocations or forfeitures of bonds for collateral upon any of
 the charges listed in this paragraph for violations which occurred prior
 to September first, nineteen hundred seventy-four committed by a  person
 employed  as  a bus driver on September first, nineteen hundred seventy-
 four. However, such disqualification may be waived  provided  that  five
 years have expired since the applicant was discharged or released from a
 sentence  of  imprisonment  imposed pursuant to conviction of an offense
 that requires disqualification under this paragraph and that the  appli-
 cant  shall have been granted a certificate of [relief from disabilities
 or a certificate of good conduct] RESTORATION pursuant to article  twen-
 ty-three of the correction law.
   (a)  permanently,  if  that  person has been convicted of or forfeited
 bond or collateral which forfeiture order has not been  vacated  or  the
 subject  of  an  order  of remission upon a violation committed prior to
 September fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-five,  of  section  130.30,
 130.35,  130.45,  130.50,  130.60,  or  130.65  of  the penal law, or an
 offense committed under a former section of the penal  law  which  would
 constitute a violation of the aforesaid sections of the penal law or any
 offense  committed  outside  of  this  state  which  would  constitute a
 violation of the aforesaid sections of  the  penal  law.  However,  such
 disqualification  may  be  waived  provided that five years have expired
 since the applicant was discharged or released from a sentence of impri-
 sonment imposed pursuant to  conviction  of  an  offense  that  requires
 disqualification  under this paragraph and that the applicant shall have
 been granted a certificate of [relief from disabilities or a certificate
 of good conduct] RESTORATION pursuant to  article  twenty-three  of  the
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   §  43. Paragraph (a) and subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivi-
 sion 1 and paragraphs (a) and (b) and subparagraph (i) of paragraph  (c)
 of  subdivision  2  of section 509-cc of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 added by chapter 675 of the laws of 1985, subparagraphs  (i),  (ii)  and
 (iii) of paragraph (a) and subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivi-
 sion  1 as amended by section 27 and paragraphs (a) and (b) and subpara-
 graph (i) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 as amended by section 28  of
 part  LL  of  chapter  56  of  the  laws of 2010, are amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) permanently, if that person
   (i) has been convicted  of  or  forfeited  bond  or  collateral  which
 forfeiture  order  has  not  been  vacated or the subject of an order of
 remission upon a violation committed prior to September fifteenth, nine-
 teen hundred eighty-five, of section  130.30,  130.35,  130.45,  130.50,
 130.60,  or  130.65  of  the  penal law, or an offense committed under a
 former section of the penal law which would constitute  a  violation  of
 the aforesaid sections of the penal law or any offense committed outside
 of  this  state  which  would  constitute  a  violation of the aforesaid
 sections of the penal law, provided, however,  the  provisions  of  this
 subparagraph  shall not apply to convictions, suspensions or revocations
 or forfeitures of bonds for collateral upon any of the charges listed in
 this subparagraph for  violations  which  occurred  prior  to  September
 first, nineteen hundred seventy-four committed by a person employed as a
 bus  driver  on September first, nineteen hundred seventy-four. However,
 such disqualification may  be  waived  provided  that  five  years  have
 expired  since  the applicant was discharged or released from a sentence
 of imprisonment imposed  pursuant  to  conviction  of  an  offense  that
 requires  disqualification  under  this paragraph and that the applicant
 shall have been granted a certificate of [relief from disabilities or  a
 certificate  of  good  conduct]  RESTORATION pursuant to article twenty-
 three of the correction law. When the certificate is issued by  a  court
 for  a  conviction which occurred in this state, it shall only be issued
 by the court having jurisdiction over such conviction. Such  certificate
 shall specifically indicate that the authority granting such certificate
 has considered the bearing, if any, the criminal offense or offenses for
 which  the  person was convicted will have on the applicant's fitness or
 ability to operate a bus transporting school children to the applicant's
 prospective employment, prior to granting such a certificate; or
   (ii) has been convicted of an  offense  listed  in  paragraph  (a)  of
 subdivision  four of this section that was committed on or after Septem-
 ber fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-five. However, such disqualifica-
 tion may be waived by the commissioner provided  that  five  years  have
 expired  since  the applicant was discharged or released from a sentence
 of imprisonment imposed  pursuant  to  conviction  of  an  offense  that
 requires  disqualification  under  this paragraph and that the applicant
 shall have been granted a certificate of [relief from disabilities or  a
 certificate  of  good  conduct]  RESTORATION pursuant to article twenty-
 three of the correction law. When the certificate is issued by  a  court
 for  a  conviction which occurred in this state, it shall only be issued
 by the court having jurisdiction over such conviction. Such  certificate
 shall specifically indicate that the authority granting such certificate
 has considered the bearing, if any, the criminal offense or offenses for
 which  the  person was convicted will have on the applicant's fitness or
 ability to operate a bus transporting school children, prior to granting
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   (iii) has been convicted of an offense  listed  in  paragraph  (b)  of
 subdivision  four of this section that was committed on or after Septem-
 ber fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-five. However, such disqualifica-
 tion shall be waived provided that five years  have  expired  since  the
 applicant discharged or released from a sentence of imprisonment imposed
 pursuant  to  conviction  of  an  offense that requires disqualification
 under this paragraph and that the applicant shall have  been  granted  a
 certificate  of  [relief  from  disabilities  or  a  certificate of good
 conduct] RESTORATION pursuant to article twenty-three of the  correction
 law.    When the certificate is issued by a court for a conviction which
 occurred in this state, it shall only be  issued  by  the  court  having
 jurisdiction  over  such conviction. Such certificate shall specifically
 indicate that the authority granting such certificate has considered the
 bearing, if any, the criminal offense or offenses for which  the  person
 was convicted will have on the applicant's fitness or ability to operate
 a  bus  transporting  school  children, prior to granting such a certif-
 icate. Provided, however, that at the discretion  of  the  commissioner,
 the  certificate of relief from disabilities may remove disqualification
 at any time; or
   (i) has been convicted within the preceding five years of  an  offense
 listed  in  paragraph  (c)  of subdivision four of this section that was
 committed on or after September fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-five.
 However, such disqualification shall be waived provided that the  appli-
 cant  has  been  granted a certificate of [relief from disabilities or a
 certificate of good conduct] RESTORATION  pursuant  to  article  twenty-
 three  of  the correction law. When the certificate is issued by a court
 for a conviction which occurred in this state, it shall only  be  issued
 by  the court having jurisdiction over such conviction. Such certificate
 shall specifically indicate that the authority granting such certificate
 has considered the bearing, if any, the criminal offense or offenses for
 which the person was convicted will have on the applicant's  fitness  or
 ability to operate a bus transporting school children, prior to granting
 such a certificate;
   (a) permanently, if that person has been convicted of an offense list-
 ed  in  paragraph (a) of subdivision four of this section. However, such
 disqualification may be waived by the commissioner  provided  that  five
 years have expired since the applicant was discharged or released from a
 sentence  of  imprisonment  imposed pursuant to conviction of an offense
 that requires disqualification under this paragraph and that the  appli-
 cant  shall have been granted a certificate of [relief from disabilities
 or a certificate of good conduct] RESTORATION pursuant to article  twen-
 ty-three  of  the  correction  law.  When the certificate is issued by a
 court for a conviction which occurred in this state, it  shall  only  be
 issued  by  the  court  having  jurisdiction  over such conviction. Such
 certificate shall specifically indicate that the authority granting such
 certificate has considered the bearing, if any, the criminal offense  or
 offenses for which the person was convicted will have on the applicant's
 fitness  or ability to operate a bus transporting school children to the
 applicant's prospective employment, prior to  granting  such  a  certif-
 icate.
   (b) permanently, if that person has been convicted of an offense list-
 ed  in  paragraph (b) of subdivision four of this section. However, such
 disqualification shall be waived provided that five years  have  expired
 since the applicant was incarcerated pursuant to a sentence of imprison-
 ment  imposed on conviction of an offense that requires disqualification
 under this paragraph and that the applicant shall have  been  granted  a

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 certificate  of  [relief  from  disabilities  or  a  certificate of good
 conduct] RESTORATION pursuant to article twenty-three of the  correction
 law.    When the certificate is issued by a court for a conviction which
 occurred  in  this  state,  it  shall only be issued by the court having
 jurisdiction over such conviction. Such certificate  shall  specifically
 indicate that the authority granting such certificate has considered the
 bearing,  if  any, the criminal offense or offenses for which the person
 was convicted will have on the applicant's fitness or ability to operate
 a bus transporting school children, prior to  granting  such  a  certif-
 icate. Provided, however, that at the discretion of the commissioner the
 certificate  of  [relief  from  disabilities  or  a  certificate of good
 conduct] RESTORATION pursuant to article twenty-three of the  correction
 law may remove disqualification at any time.
   (i)  has  been convicted within the preceding five years of an offense
 listed in paragraph (c) of subdivision four of  this  section.  However,
 notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  subdivision three of section seven
 hundred one of the correction law[. Such], SUCH  disqualification  shall
 be  waived provided that the applicant has been granted a certificate of
 [relief from disabilities or a certificate of good conduct]  RESTORATION
 pursuant to article twenty-three of the correction law. When the certif-
 icate  is  issued  by  a  court  for a conviction which occurred in this
 state, it shall only be issued by the  court  having  jurisdiction  over
 such  conviction.  Such certificate shall specifically indicate that the
 authority granting such certificate has considered the bearing, if  any,
 the criminal offense or offenses for which the person was convicted will
 have on the applicant's fitness or ability to operate a bus transporting
 school children, prior to granting such a certificate.
   §  44.  Subparagraph  (iii) of paragraph d of subdivision 6 of section
 510 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 29 of part  LL
 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (iii)  after  such  documentation, if required, is accepted, that such
 person is granted a  certificate  of  [relief  from  disabilities  or  a
 certificate  of  good  conduct]  RESTORATION pursuant to article twenty-
 three of the correction law by the court in which such person  was  last
 penalized.
   §  45. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section
 510-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 30  of  part
 LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (iii)  after  such  documentation, if required, is accepted, that such
 person is granted a  certificate  of  [relief  from  disabilities  or  a
 certificate  of  good  conduct]  RESTORATION pursuant to article twenty-
 three of the correction law by the court in which such person  was  last
 penalized.
   §  46. Subdivision 5 of section 530 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 amended by section 31 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of  2010,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (5) A restricted use license or privilege shall be valid for the oper-
 ation  of  any  motor  vehicle,  except a vehicle for hire as a taxicab,
 livery, coach, limousine, van or wheelchair accessible van or tow  truck
 as  defined  in this chapter subject to the conditions set forth herein,
 which the holder would otherwise be entitled to operate had his  drivers
 license  or  privilege  not  been  suspended or revoked. Notwithstanding
 anything to the contrary in a certificate of [relief  from  disabilities
 or a certificate of good conduct] RESTORATION issued pursuant to article
 twenty-three  of  the correction law, a restricted use license shall not
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 use  license  shall not be valid for the operation of a vehicle for hire
 as a taxicab, livery, coach, limousine, van or wheelchair accessible van
 or tow truck where the holder thereof had his  or  her  drivers  license
 suspended  or revoked and (i) such suspension or revocation is mandatory
 pursuant to the provisions of subdivision two or two-a of  section  five
 hundred ten of this title; or (ii) any such suspension is permissive for
 habitual  or  persistent  violations  of  this  chapter or any local law
 relating to traffic as set forth in paragraph  d  or  i  of  subdivision
 three  of  section  five  hundred  ten  of this title; or (iii) any such
 suspension is permissive and has been imposed by a  magistrate,  justice
 or  judge  of  any city, town or village, any supreme court justice, any
 county judge, or judge of a district  court.  Except  for  a  commercial
 motor  vehicle  as  defined  in subdivision four of section five hundred
 one-a of this title, the restrictions on types of vehicles which may  be
 operated  with  a restricted license contained in this subdivision shall
 not be applicable to a restricted  license  issued  to  a  person  whose
 license  has  been  suspended pursuant to paragraph three of subdivision
 four-e of section five hundred ten of this title.
   § 47. Item (ii) of clause (b) of subparagraph 12 of paragraph  (b)  of
 subdivision 2 of section 1193 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended
 by  section  32 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (ii) that such person is granted a certificate of [relief  from  disa-
 bilities or a certificate of good conduct] RESTORATION pursuant to arti-
 cle twenty-three of the correction law.
   Provided, however, that the commissioner may, on a case by case basis,
 refuse  to  restore a license which otherwise would be restored pursuant
 to this item, in the interest of the public safety and welfare.
   § 48. Item (iii) of clause (e) of subparagraph 12 of paragraph (b)  of
 subdivision 2 of section 1193 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended
 by  section  33 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (iii) after such documentation is accepted, that such person is grant-
 ed a certificate of [relief from disabilities or a certificate  of  good
 conduct]  RESTORATION pursuant to article twenty-three of the correction
 law.
   § 49. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 1193
 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 34 of part  LL  of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  Notwithstanding  anything  to the contrary contained in a certif-
 icate of [relief from disabilities or a  certificate  of  good  conduct]
 RESTORATION  issued  pursuant  to article twenty-three of the correction
 law, where a suspension or revocation, other than a revocation  required
 to be issued by the commissioner, is mandatory pursuant to paragraph (a)
 or (b) of this subdivision, the magistrate, justice or judge shall issue
 an  order  suspending  or revoking such license upon sentencing, and the
 license holder shall surrender such license  to  the  court.  Except  as
 hereinafter  provided,  such  suspension or revocation shall take effect
 immediately.
   § 50. Item (iii) of clause a of subparagraph 3  of  paragraph  (e)  of
 subdivision 2 of section 1193 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended
 by  section  35 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (iii) after such documentation is accepted, that such person is grant-
 ed a certificate of [relief from disabilities or a certificate  of  good

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 conduct]  RESTORATION pursuant to article twenty-three of the correction
 law.
   §  51.  Item  (iii)  of clause c of subparagraph 1 of paragraph (d) of
 subdivision 2 of section 1194 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended
 by section 37 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (iii) after such documentation is accepted, that such person is grant-
 ed  a  certificate of [relief from disabilities or a certificate of good
 conduct] RESTORATION pursuant to article twenty-three of the  correction
 law by the court in which such person was last penalized.
   §  52.  Paragraph  (g) of subdivision 7 of section 1196 of the vehicle
 and traffic law, as amended by section 38 of part LL of  chapter  56  of
 the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (g)  Notwithstanding  anything  to the contrary contained in a certif-
 icate of [relief from disabilities or a  certificate  of  good  conduct]
 RESTORATION  issued  pursuant  to article twenty-three of the correction
 law, any conditional license or privilege issued to a  person  convicted
 of  a  violation of any subdivision of section eleven hundred ninety-two
 of this article shall not be valid for the operation of  any  commercial
 motor  vehicle.  In  addition,  no such conditional license or privilege
 shall be valid for the operation of a taxicab as defined in  this  chap-
 ter.
   §  53. Whenever the term "certificate of good conduct" or "certificate
 of relief from disabilities" or any  equivalent  expression  thereof  is
 used  in  any provision of law, either such term shall be deemed to mean
 and refer to a certificate of restoration as established in this act.
   § 54. Any certificate of relief from disabilities  or  certificate  of
 good  conduct  issued  prior  to the effective date of this act shall be
 deemed the equivalent of a certificate of restoration and  shall  remain
 in  full  force  and effect on and after the effective date of this act.
 Nothing in this act shall be read to invalidate a certificate of  relief
 from  disabilities  or a certificate of good conduct issued prior to the
 effective date of this act.
   § 55. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law,  provided  that the amendments to subdivision 5 of
 section 530 of the vehicle and traffic law made by section forty-six  of
 this  act  shall not affect the expiration of such subdivision and shall
 be deemed to expire therewith.