Assembly Bill A252

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the members of the state board of parole, and parole hearing officers to be composed of a proportionate share of residents

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

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2021-A252 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S289
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§259-b & 259-d, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3521
2011-2012: A3211
2013-2014: A4697
2015-2016: A6500
2017-2018: A244
2019-2020: A36, S3148
2023-2024: A6646, S2400

2021-A252 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the membership of the state board of parole, and parole hearing officers to be composed of a proportionate share of residents of each county to reflect the state's inmate population.

2021-A252 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    252
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PERRY, J. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the composition of the
   state board of parole and parole hearing officers

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 259-b of the executive law is amended by  adding  a
 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A. WITH RESPECT TO MEMBERS APPOINTED OR REAPPOINTED ON AND AFTER THE
 EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE STATE BOARD OF PAROLE SHALL BE
 SO CONSTITUTED THAT THE PROPORTION OF THE MEMBERS RESIDING IN ANY COUNTY
 OF THE STATE SHALL BE REASONABLY EQUIVALENT AND IN THE  SAME  PROPORTION
 AS THE RESIDENT COUNTY OF THE INMATE POPULATION BEARS TO THE TOTAL POPU-
 LATION OF THE STATE.
   §  2.  Section  259-d  of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. WITH RESPECT TO MEMBERS APPOINTED OR REAPPOINTED ON AND  AFTER  THE
 EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE STATE BOARD OF PAROLE SHALL BE
 SO CONSTITUTED THAT THE PROPORTION OF THE HEARING OFFICERS  RESIDING  IN
 ANY  COUNTY  OF THE STATE SHALL BE REASONABLY EQUIVALENT AND IN THE SAME
 PROPORTION AS THE RESIDENT COUNTY OF THE INMATE POPULATION BEARS TO  THE
 TOTAL POPULATION OF THE STATE.
   §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02340-01-1

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