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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Assembly Bill A11068
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BARCLAY
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Joseph Giglio
Philip Palmesano
Peter Lawrence
Mary Beth Walsh
2019-A11068 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A11068 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Allows for the removal of members of the state board of parole by a majority vote in the senate and the assembly, requires three or more members of such board personally interview potential parolees, and requires that the determination to parole an inmate be unanimous.
2019-A11068 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11068 I N A S S E M B L Y October 7, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Barclay, Giglio, Palmesano) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the state board of parole membership, interviews with inmates, and determination of parole THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 259-b of the executive law, as amended by section 38-a of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 6. Any member of the board may be removed by the governor [for cause after an opportunity to be heard] OR BY A MAJORITY VOTE IN THE SENATE AND THE ASSEMBLY. § 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 259-i of the executive law, as amended by section 38-f-1 of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: (i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, at least one month prior to the date on which an inmate may be paroled pursuant to subdivision one of section 70.40 of the penal law, a [member or] MINIMUM OF THREE OR MORE members as determined by the rules of the board shall personally interview such inmate and determine whether he OR SHE should be paroled in accordance with the guidelines adopted pursuant to subdivision four of section two hundred fifty-nine-c of this article. SUCH DETERMINATION TO PAROLE SUCH INMATE SHALL BE UNANIMOUS BY AGREEMENT OF THE BOARD. If parole is not granted upon such review, the inmate shall be informed in writing within two weeks of such appearance of the factors and reasons for such denial of parole. Such reasons shall be given in detail and not in conclusory terms. The board shall specify a date not more than twenty-four months from such determination for recon- sideration, and the procedures to be followed upon reconsideration shall be the same. If the inmate is released, he OR SHE shall be given a copy of the conditions of parole. Such conditions shall where appropriate, include a requirement that the parolee comply with any restitution EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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