Bill Text: NY A04234 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4234 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires the parole board to grant parole to inmates who successfully participate in a temporary release program for two years without interruption immediately prior to appearance before the board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - ordered to third reading cal.160 [A04234 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04234-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4234
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 1, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. WEPRIN, O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Correction
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  procedures  for  the
          conduct of the work of the state board of parole
          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 259-i  of  the  executive  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
     3    (f) Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
     4  sion, an inmate who has successfully participated in a temporary release
     5  program  for  two years without interruption immediately prior to his or
     6  her board appearance shall be granted parole.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07257-01-9