Bill Text: NY A07970 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: States that the chairman of the board of parole is responsible for the administrative functions and daily operations of the parole board and its staff.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-12 - signed chap.135 [A07970 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A07970-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7970 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y June 12, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the powers and duties of the chairman of the 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 3 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 3. The governor shall designate one of the members of the board as 5 chairman to serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the governor or 6 until the member's term of office expires and a successor is designated 7 in accordance with law, whichever first occurs. THE CHAIRMAN SHALL BE 8 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS AND DAILY OPERATIONS OF THE 9 PAROLE BOARD AND ITS STAFF, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW. 10 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08994-03-3