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                                  4009--A
                                                          Cal. No. 79
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GIBBS,  EPSTEIN, LEVENBERG, KELLES, HYNDMAN,
   DE LOS SANTOS,  SIMONE,  TAYLOR,  FALL,  ZACCARO,   WEPRIN,   BURDICK,
   BICHOTTE HERMELYN,  BORES,  LEE,  REYES,  HEVESI, PRETLOW, CUNNINGHAM,
   JEAN-PIERRE, HUNTER, LUCAS, TAPIA, CHANDLER-WATERMAN, ARDILA,  COLTON,
   WALLACE, SIMON, DICKENS, JACOBSON, BURGOS -- read once and referred to
   the  Committee on Correction -- advanced to a third reading, passed by
   Assembly and delivered to the Senate, recalled from the  Senate,  vote
   reconsidered,  bill amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on
   the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing  notice  of
   voting rights to persons released from local jails
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 510 of the correction law, as added by chapter  103
 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   §  510.  Voting  upon  release.  1.  Prior to the release from a local
 correctional facility of any person convicted  of  a  felony  the  chief
 administrative  officer shall notify such person verbally and in writing
 that his or her voting rights will be restored upon release and  provide
 such  person  with  a  form  of application for voter registration and a
 declination form, offer such person assistance in filling out the appro-
 priate form, and provide such person written information distributed  by
 the  board  of  elections on the importance and the mechanics of voting.
 Upon release, such person  may  choose  to  either  submit  his  or  her
 completed  application  to  the  state  board or county board where such
 person resides or have the department transmit it on his or her  behalf.
 Where  such  person chooses to have the department transmit the applica-
 tion, the chief administrative  officer  shall  transmit  the  completed
 application  upon  such  person's  release  to the state board or county
 board where such person resides.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02488-07-3
              

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   2. UPON DISCHARGE OR RELEASE FROM THE CUSTODY OF A LOCAL  CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITY,  THE  CHIEF  ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF SUCH FACILITY SHALL, IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE COUNTY BOARD OF  ELECTIONS,  DISTRIBUTE  TO  EVERY
 PERSON  EIGHTEEN  YEARS  OF  AGE OR OLDER A WRITTEN NOTICE ON THE VOTING
 RIGHTS OF SUCH PERSON IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON
 THE  IMPORTANCE  AND  MECHANICS  OF  VOTING,  WHEN SUCH PERSON IS OR MAY
 BECOME ELIGIBLE TO VOTE, AND OFFER TO EVERY SUCH PERSON A  VOTER  REGIS-
 TRATION FORM; PROVIDED THAT, IF AN INDIVIDUAL DECLINES TO ACCEPT A VOTER
 REGISTRATION  FORM,  THE  CHIEF  ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER SHALL MAINTAIN A
 WRITTEN RECORD OF SUCH DECLINATION. NOTICE IS  NOT  REQUIRED  FOR  THOSE
 INDIVIDUALS  BEING TRANSFERRED TO A DIFFERENT LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILI-
 TY, INDIVIDUALS BEING TRANSFERRED OR RELEASED TO THE CUSTODY OF A  STATE
 CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  OR INSTITUTION, OR INDIVIDUALS BEING RELEASED TO
 THE CUSTODY OF A HOSPITAL OR MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTION FOR TREATMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.