NY State Senate Bill 2023-S753

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to crime victims, crime and correction
Jan 06, 2023	referred to crime victims, crime and correction

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2023-S753 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §259-b, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S7814
2021-2022: S2221

2023-S753 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the state board of parole members; requires the board have at least nineteen members.

2023-S753 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S753

SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the state board of
parole members

 
PURPOSE:

To require at least 19 commissioners on the parole board.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends Executive Law 259-b (1) to the governor to appoint at
least 19 parole board commissioners. Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

There are currently 16 parole commissioners serving six-year terms,
although the executive law permits the appointment of up to 19 commis-

sioners. In the past few years there have been as few as 11 commission-
ers. Each parole interview is supposed to have a panel of three commis-
sioners, but frequently there are only two commissioners on a panel. If
a two-person panel issues a split decision, the parole applicant has to
be interviewed again at a later date. Additionally, since commissioners
must hear dozens of interviews a day to get through their docket, the
interviews are often rushed, allowing parole applicants only a few
minutes to speak to the board members.

In order to ensure that a parole applicant receives a meaningful inter-
view with an attentive panel of commissioners, it is necessary to
increase the number of commissioners. Recognizing that at any given time
a commissioner may be out on vacation or extended leave, may be sick, or
may leave for another job, this bill requires the appointment of at
least 19 commissioners so that the board will be fully and adequately
staffed at all times. Each commissioner earns a set salary of $120,000,
so this is not a major expense to the state.  No other staff increases
are required, since the number of parole interviews is not dependent on
the number of commissioners.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.2221 of 2021-22: Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and Correction;

S.7814 of 2020: Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and Correction

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

$360,000 per year.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This law shall take effect on year after the date on which it shall have
become a law.

2023-S753 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    753
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, RIVERA -- 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  the  state  board  of
   parole members
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 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:
   1.  There  shall  be  in  the department a state board of parole which
 shall possess the powers and duties  hereinafter  specified.  The  board
 shall  function  independently  of  the  department regarding all of its
 decision-making functions, as well as any other powers and duties speci-
 fied in this article, provided, however, that administrative matters  of
 general  applicability  within the department shall be applicable to the
 board. Such board shall consist of [not more  than]  AT  LEAST  nineteen
 members  appointed  by  the  governor with the advice and consent of the
 senate. The term of office of each member of such board shall be for six
 years; provided, however, that any  member  chosen  to  fill  a  vacancy
 occurring  otherwise  than  by expiration of term shall be appointed for
 the remainder of the unexpired term of the member whom he OR SHE  is  to
 succeed.  In the event of the inability to act of any member, the gover-
 nor may appoint some competent informed person to  act  in  his  OR  HER
 stead during the continuance of such disability.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect one year after the date on which it
 shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00482-01-3

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Senate Bill S753

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

co-Sponsors

2023-S753 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S753 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S753 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S753 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Luis R. Sepúlveda

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

co-Sponsors

Gustavo Rivera

2023-S753 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S753 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S753 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S753 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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