Bill Text: NY A09810 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to board of parole appointment terms; limits terms to five years beginning January 1, 2018.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-30 - enacting clause stricken [A09810 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A09810-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9810 IN ASSEMBLY February 9, 2018 ___________ 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 board of parole appointment terms 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. The 12 term of office of each member of such board shall be for six years; 13 provided, however, that any member chosen to fill a vacancy occurring 14 otherwise than by expiration of term shall be appointed for the remain- 15 der of the unexpired term of the member whom he is to succeed. In the 16 event of the inability to act of any member, the governor may appoint 17 some competent informed person to act in his stead during the contin- 18 uance of such disability. Provided further, beginning January first, two 19 thousand eighteen, all appointments shall be reduced to a term of five 20 years. Any member already having served at least five years at such 21 time, will immediately be subject to replacement or re-nomination, which 22 shall be confirmed by no less than forty members of the state senate. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09858-01-7