Assembly Bill A4136A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes a certificate of restoration; repealer

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A4136 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7653
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§700 - 705, 751 & 753, rpld §§703-a & 703-b, Cor L; amd §175, Exec L; amd §283, Tax L; amd §§102, 110 & 126, ABC L; amd §§96-z-3 & 129, Ag & Mkts L; amd §§2897, 3454, 3510 & 2806, Pub Health L; amd §§84-a, 175-b & 213-b, Town L; amd §§2018-a & 2018-b, Ed L; amd §§69-o & 81, Gen Bus L; amd §265.20, Pen L; amd §79-a, Civ Rts L; amd §20-438, NYC Ad Cd; amd §§509-c, 509-cc, 510, 510-a, 530, 1193, 1194 & 1196, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4923
2011-2012: A3658
2013-2014: A4122
2015-2016: A3993
2017-2018: A3526
2021-2022: A2350, S7464
2023-2024: A1636, S4913

2019-A4136 - Summary

Establishes a certificate of restoration to replace the terms "certificate of good conduct" and "certificate of relief from disabilities"; repeals certain provisions relating to certificates of good conduct.

2019-A4136 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4136
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. AUBRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, the executive law, the tax law,  the
   alcoholic  beverage  control law, the agriculture and markets law, the
   public health law, the general municipal law, the town law, the educa-
   tion law, the general business law, the  insurance  law,  the  banking
   law,  the  penal law, the civil rights law, the real property law, the
   administrative code of the city of New York and the vehicle and  traf-
   fic  law,  in relation to establishing a certificate of restoration to
   replace the certificate of good conduct and the certificate of  relief
   from  disabilities; and to repeal certain provisions of the correction
   law relating to certificates of good conduct
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  1  of section 700 of the
 correction law, as amended by chapter  342  of  the  laws  of  1972,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a)  "Eligible offender" shall mean a person who has been convicted of
 a crime or of an offense[, but who has not been convicted more than once
 of a felony].
   § 2. Section 701 of the correction law, as amended by chapter  342  of
 the laws of 1972, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 235 of the laws of
 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   §  701.  Certificate  of  [relief from disabilities] RESTORATION. 1. A
 certificate of [relief from disabilities] RESTORATION may be granted  as
 provided  in this article to relieve an eligible offender of any forfei-
 ture or disability, or to remove any bar  to  his  employment,  automat-
 ically imposed by law by reason of his conviction of the crime or of the
 offense  specified  therein.  Such  certificate may be limited to one or
 more enumerated forfeitures, disabilities or bars, or  may  relieve  the
 eligible  offender of all forfeitures, disabilities and bars. [Provided,

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

2019-A4136A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7653
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§700 - 705, 751 & 753, rpld §§703-a & 703-b, Cor L; amd §175, Exec L; amd §283, Tax L; amd §§102, 110 & 126, ABC L; amd §§96-z-3 & 129, Ag & Mkts L; amd §§2897, 3454, 3510 & 2806, Pub Health L; amd §§84-a, 175-b & 213-b, Town L; amd §§2018-a & 2018-b, Ed L; amd §§69-o & 81, Gen Bus L; amd §265.20, Pen L; amd §79-a, Civ Rts L; amd §20-438, NYC Ad Cd; amd §§509-c, 509-cc, 510, 510-a, 530, 1193, 1194 & 1196, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4923
2011-2012: A3658
2013-2014: A4122
2015-2016: A3993
2017-2018: A3526
2021-2022: A2350, S7464
2023-2024: A1636, S4913

2019-A4136A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a certificate of restoration to replace the terms "certificate of good conduct" and "certificate of relief from disabilities"; repeals certain provisions relating to certificates of good conduct.

2019-A4136A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4136--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. AUBRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction -- recommitted to the Committee on Correction in accord-
   ance with Assembly Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, the executive law, the tax law,  the
   alcoholic  beverage  control law, the agriculture and markets law, the
   public health law, the town law, the education law, the general  busi-
   ness law, the penal law, the civil rights law, the administrative code
   of  the  city of New York and the vehicle and traffic law, in relation
   to establishing a certificate of restoration to  replace  the  certif-
   icate of good conduct and the certificate of relief from disabilities;
   and  to  repeal  certain  provisions of the correction law relating to
   certificates of good conduct
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  1  of section 700 of the
 correction law, as amended by chapter  342  of  the  laws  of  1972,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a)  "Eligible offender" shall mean a person who has been convicted of
 a crime or of an offense[, but who has not been convicted more than once
 of a felony].
   § 2. Section 701 of the correction law, as amended by chapter  342  of
 the  laws of 1972, subdivision 2 as amended by section 3 of subpart J of
 part II of chapter 55 of the  laws  of  2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  701.  Certificate  of  [relief from disabilities] RESTORATION. 1. A
 certificate of [relief from disabilities] RESTORATION may be granted  as
 provided  in this article to relieve an eligible offender of any forfei-
 ture or disability, or to remove any bar  to  his  employment,  automat-
 ically imposed by law by reason of his conviction of the crime or of the

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

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