Bill Text: NY A05213 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the definition of "direct relationship" for the purposes of article 23-A of the correction law regarding licensures and employment of persons previously convicted of one or more criminal offenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-16 - ordered to third reading rules cal.184 [A05213 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A05213-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5213

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 12, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Correction

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the correction law, in relation to the definition of
          "direct  relationship"  for  the  purposes  of  article  23-A  of  the
          correction  law  regarding  the  licensure  and  employment of persons
          previously convicted of one or more criminal offenses

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

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section 750 of the correction law, as
     2  amended by chapter 284 of the laws  of  2007,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    (3) "Direct relationship" means that there is a substantial connection
     5  between  the nature of [criminal conduct] the crime for which the person
     6  was convicted [has a direct bearing on his fitness or ability to perform
     7  one or more of] and the duties or responsibilities  necessarily  related
     8  to  the  license,  opportunity,  or  job in question and such connection
     9  would create an unreasonable risk  to  property  or  to  the  safety  or
    10  welfare  of specific individuals or the general public upon the issuance
    11  or continuation of a license or the granting or continuation of  employ-
    12  ment of such person.
    13    §  2.  Section 752 of the correction law, as amended by chapter 284 of
    14  the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
    15    § 752. Unfair discrimination against persons previously  convicted  of
    16  one  or  more  criminal  offenses  prohibited.    No application for any
    17  license or employment, and no employment or license held by an  individ-
    18  ual,  to  which  the provisions of this article are applicable, shall be
    19  denied or acted upon adversely by reason of the individual's having been
    20  previously convicted of one or more criminal offenses, or by reason of a
    21  finding of lack of "good moral character" when  such  finding  is  based
    22  upon  the  fact that the individual has previously been convicted of one
    23  or more criminal offenses, unless[:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (1)] there is a direct relationship, as such term is defined in subdi-
     2  vision three of section seven hundred fifty of this article, between one
     3  or more of the previous criminal offenses and the  specific  license  or
     4  employment sought or held by the individual[; or
     5    (2)  the  issuance  or  continuation of the license or the granting or
     6  continuation of the employment would involve  an  unreasonable  risk  to
     7  property  or  to  the  safety  or welfare of specific individuals or the
     8  general public].
     9    § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    10  have become a law.