Bill Text: NY A03065 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3065 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to requiring at least one member of the state board of parole be a formerly incarcerated person.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to correction [A03065 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A03065-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          3065

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 22, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Correction

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring at least one
          member of the state board of parole be a formerly incarcerated person

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 259-b of the executive law, as
     2  amended by section 38-a of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
     3  of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
     4    1. There shall be in the department a  state  board  of  parole  which
     5  shall  possess  the  powers  and duties hereinafter specified. The board
     6  shall function independently of the  department  regarding  all  of  its
     7  decision-making functions, as well as any other powers and duties speci-
     8  fied  in this article, provided, however, that administrative matters of
     9  general applicability within the department shall be applicable  to  the
    10  board.  Such  board  shall  consist  of  not  more than nineteen members
    11  appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.  At
    12  least  one  member of the board shall be a formerly incarcerated person.
    13  The term of office of each member of such board shall be for six  years;
    14  provided,  however,  that  any member chosen to fill a vacancy occurring
    15  otherwise than by expiration of term shall be appointed for the  remain-
    16  der  of  the  unexpired term of the member whom he is to succeed. In the
    17  event of the inability to act of any member, the  governor  may  appoint
    18  some  competent  informed  person to act in his stead during the contin-
    19  uance of such disability.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02147-01-1