Bill Text: NY A01984 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires parole decisions to be published on a publicly accessible website within 60 days of such decision.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2016-11-28 - tabled [A01984 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A01984-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1984
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 13, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Correction
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring parole deci-
         sions to be published on a website
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section 259-i of the executive law is
    2  amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
    3    (C) ALL APPEAL DECISIONS SHALL BE PUBLISHED WITHIN SIXTY DAYS  OF  THE
    4  DETERMINATION   ON   A  PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE  WEBSITE  THAT  INCLUDES  A
    5  WORD-SEARCHABLE DATABASE AND CUMULATIVE SUBJECT  MATTER  INDEX  OF  SUCH
    6  DECISIONS.  SUCH  SUBJECT  MATTER  INDEX  SHALL BE PUBLISHED ANNUALLY IN
    7  PRINT FORM AND  DISTRIBUTED  TO  ALL  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  LIBRARIES.
    8  COPIES  OF  SUCH  INDIVIDUAL  APPEAL  DECISIONS AND SUBJECT MATTER INDEX
    9  SHALL ALSO BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO  THE BOARD.  INFOR-
   10  MATION WHICH WOULD REVEAL CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL THAT MAY NOT BE RELEASED
   11  PURSUANT TO FEDERAL OR  STATE  LAW  SHALL  BE  REDACTED  FROM  ANY  SUCH
   12  WEBSITE, DECISION AND INDEX.
   13    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
   14  have become a law and shall apply to appeal  decisions  rendered  on  or
   15  after such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04808-01-5
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