Bill Text: NY S00968 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Alters the composition of the state board of parole to include members who shall adequately reflect the composition of the prison population in race, age, and geographic area of residence and who are selected in consultation with the Correctional Association of New York.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-21 - PRINT NUMBER 968A [S00968 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S00968-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 968--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction -- recommitted to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the composition of the state 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 that shall possess the powers and duties hereinafter specified. The 6 board shall function independently of the department regarding all of 7 its decision-making functions, as well as any other powers and duties 8 specified in this article, provided, however, that administrative 9 matters of general applicability within the department shall be applica- 10 ble to the board. Such board shall consist of not more than nineteen 11 members and not less than fifteen members appointed by the governor with 12 the advice and consent of the senate and in consultation with the 13 Correctional Association of New York. In making appointments to the 14 board, the governor shall ensure that the membership shall adequately 15 reflect the composition of the prison population in race and ethnicity, 16 age, and geographic area of residence. The percentage of each demograph- 17 ic characteristic of the members shall be directly proportionate to that 18 of the prison population. Additionally, at least one-third of the 19 members shall have been previously employed in the fields of prisoner 20 reentry or social work, each with a minimum of five years of experience 21 in their respective fields. The term of office of each member of such EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02993-02-6
