Senate Bill S5320

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires unanimous agreement by the parole board to release an inmate on parole

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee


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

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2019-S5320 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §259-i, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S6249
2023-2024: S5315

2019-S5320 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires unanimous agreement by the parole board to release an inmate on parole.

2019-S5320 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5320 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5320
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. ANTONACCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
   Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  requiring  unanimous
   agreement by the parole board to release an inmate on parole

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 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 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 twen-
 ty-four months from such  determination  for  reconsideration,  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 order, mandatory surcharge,
 sex offender registration fee and DNA databank fee previously imposed by
 a court of competent jurisdiction  that  applies  to  the  parolee.  The
 conditions  shall  indicate  which  restitution collection agency estab-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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