S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2204 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STEVENSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, CRESPO, GIBSON, ROBINSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to certificates of relief from disabilities issued by the department of corrections and community supervision THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 702 of the correction law, as 2 amended by chapter 342 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 2. Such certificate shall [not] be issued by the court [unless] 5 PROVIDED THAT the court is satisfied that: 6 (a) The person to whom it is to be granted is an eligible offender, as 7 defined in section seven hundred OF THIS ARTICLE; 8 (b) The relief to be granted by the certificate is consistent with the 9 rehabilitation of the eligible offender; and 10 (c) The relief to be granted by the certificate is consistent with the 11 public interest. 12 S 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 3 of section 703 of the 13 correction law, as amended by section 34 of subpart B of part C of chap- 14 ter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 15 The department shall [not] issue [any] A certificate of relief from 16 disabilities pursuant to subdivisions one or two OF THIS SECTION, 17 [unless] WHEN the department is satisfied that: 18 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01006-01-3