Bill Text: NY A09809 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the racial and ethnic makeup of the board of parole; requires the ethnic and racial makeup of the board to resemble the racial and ethnic makeup of the state's prison population.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-30 - enacting clause stricken [A09809 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9809
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 9, 2018
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEPULVEDA  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Correction
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the racial and  ethnic
          makeup 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 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.
    12  Provided, however, beginning August first, two  thousand  eighteen,  the
    13  number  of members appointed shall increase to twenty-seven. The term of
    14  office of each member of such board shall be for  six  years;  provided,
    15  however,  that  any  member chosen to fill a vacancy occurring otherwise
    16  than by expiration of term shall be appointed for the remainder  of  the
    17  unexpired  term of the member whom he is to succeed. In the event of the
    18  inability to act of any member, the governor may appoint some  competent
    19  informed person to act in his stead during the continuance of such disa-
    20  bility.   Provided, further, beginning January first, two thousand eigh-
    21  teen, all new appointments shall be from the lower  Hudson  Valley  area
    22  and  New  York  City  until  the  racial and ethnic makeup of such board
    23  resembles the racial and ethnic makeup of the state's prison population.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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