Bill Text: NY A08234 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the governor from granting himself or herself or any person involved with furthering the illegal conduct of the governor a reprieve, commutation or pardon.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - opinion referred to judiciary [A08234 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08234-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8234

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     August 25, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Judiciary

                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

        proposing an amendment to section 4 of article 4 of the constitution, in
          relation to prohibiting the governor from granting himself or  herself
          or  any  person  involved  with  furthering the illegal conduct of the
          governor a reprieve, commutation or pardon

     1    Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 4 of  article
     2  4 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
     3    §  4.  The  governor  shall  have the power to grant reprieves, commu-
     4  tations and pardons after conviction, for all  offenses  except  treason
     5  and   cases   of   impeachment,  upon  such  conditions  and  with  such
     6  restrictions and limitations, as he or she may think proper, subject  to
     7  such  regulations  as  may  be provided by law relative to the manner of
     8  applying for pardons. The governor shall not have the power to  grant  a
     9  reprieve, commutation or pardon to himself or herself, or to any persons
    10  involved  with furthering any illegal or unlawful conduct of such gover-
    11  nor. Upon conviction for treason,  the  governor  shall  have  power  to
    12  suspend  the execution of the sentence, until the case shall be reported
    13  to the legislature at its  next  meeting,  when  the  legislature  shall
    14  either  pardon,  or  commute  the  sentence, direct the execution of the
    15  sentence, or grant a  further  reprieve.  The  governor  shall  annually
    16  communicate  to  the  legislature  each case of reprieve, commutation or
    17  pardon granted, stating the name of the convict, the crime of which  the
    18  convict  was  convicted,  the sentence and its date, and the date of the
    19  commutation, pardon or reprieve.
    20    § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment  be
    21  referred  to  the  first regular legislative session convening after the
    22  next  succeeding  general election of members of  the  assembly, and, in
    23  conformity  with  section 1 of   article 19 of    the  constitution,  be
    24  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89149-01-1