Bill Text: NY A03053 | 2017-2018 | 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 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-11-29 - approval memo.17 [A03053 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A03053-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          3053
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 25, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- 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  word-
     5  searchable  database  and  cumulative subject matter index of such deci-
     6  sions. Such subject matter index shall be published  annually  in  print
     7  form  and  distributed to all correctional facility libraries. Copies of
     8  such individual appeal decisions and subject matter index shall also  be
     9  made  available  upon  written request to  the board.  Information which
    10  would reveal confidential material that may not be released pursuant  to
    11  federal  or  state law shall be redacted from any such website, decision
    12  and index.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
    14  law and shall apply to appeal decisions rendered on or after such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06681-02-7
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