Bill Text: NY S04858 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to certificates of relief from disabilities issued by the department of corrections and community supervision.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-03 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S04858 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S04858-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4858
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 3, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
          Correction
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  correction  law, in relation to certificates of
          relief from disabilities issued by the department of  corrections  and
          community supervision
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1.  Subdivision 2 of section 702 of  the  correction  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  342  of  the  laws  of 1972, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    2. Such certificate shall  [not]  be  issued  by  the  court  [unless]
     5  provided that the court is satisfied that:
     6    (a) The person to whom it is to be granted is an eligible offender, as
     7  defined in section seven hundred of this article;
     8    (b) The relief to be granted by the certificate is consistent with the
     9  rehabilitation of the eligible offender; and
    10    (c) The relief to be granted by the certificate is consistent with the
    11  public interest.
    12    §  2.    The  opening paragraph of subdivision 3 of section 703 of the
    13  correction law, as amended by section 34 of subpart B of part C of chap-
    14  ter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
    15    The department shall [not] issue [any] a certificate  of  relief  from
    16  disabilities  pursuant  to  subdivisions  one  or  two  of this section,
    17  [unless] when the department is satisfied that:
    18    § 3. 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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