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 ________________________________________________________________________ 1984 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 13, 2015 ___________ 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