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Assembly Bill A6853

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires written notice be given to inmates discharged from prison and parolees discharged from parole or conditional release of such persons' eligibility to vote

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2009-A6853 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction

2009-A6853 - Summary

Requires the department of correctional service to provide every person completing a sentence of imprisonment for a felony, with written notice of such person's eligibility to register to vote and to vote after such discharge from prison; requires the board of parole to provide every person discharged from parole or conditional discharge, with written notice of such person's eligibility to register to vote and to vote after such discharge.

2009-A6853 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6853

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CAMARA -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law and the executive law, in relation to
  requiring  persons  released  from  prison  or parole to be advised of
  their eligibility to vote

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 75 to
read as follows:
  S  75.  DISCHARGE;  NOTIFICATION  OF  ELIGIBILITY  TO  VOTE.  UPON THE
DISCHARGE FROM A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY  OF  ANY  PERSON  WHO  HAS  FULLY
COMPLETED A SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR THE CONVICTION OF A FELONY, THE
DEPARTMENT  SHALL  PROVIDE  SUCH  PERSON  WITH  WRITTEN NOTICE THAT SUCH
PERSON IS ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE AND TO VOTE AFTER SUCH DISCHARGE.
  S 2.  Subdivisions 2 and 4 of section  259-j  of  the  executive  law,
subdivision  2 as separately amended by section 10 of part F and section
1 of part N of chapter 62 of the laws  of  2003  and  subdivision  4  as
amended  by  chapter  310  of  the  laws of 2008, are amended to read as
follows:
  2. A merit termination granted by the division of  parole  under  this
section  shall  constitute a termination of the sentence with respect to
which it was granted. No such merit termination shall be granted  unless
the  division  of  parole is satisfied that termination of sentence from
presumptive release, parole or from conditional release is in  the  best
interest  of society, and that the parolee or releasee, otherwise finan-
cially able to comply with an order of restitution and  the  payment  of
any  mandatory  surcharge  previously  imposed  by  a court of competent
jurisdiction, has made a good faith effort  to  comply  therewith.  UPON
SUCH  TERMINATION,  THE  BOARD  OF PAROLE SHALL PROVIDE THE PAROLEE WITH
WRITTEN NOTICE THAT HE OR SHE IS ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER  TO  VOTE  AND  TO
VOTE AFTER THE TERMINATION.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10426-01-9

2009-A6853A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction

2009-A6853A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of correctional service to provide every person completing a sentence of imprisonment for a felony, with written notice of such person's eligibility to register to vote and to vote after such discharge from prison; requires the board of parole to provide every person discharged from parole or conditional discharge, with written notice of such person's eligibility to register to vote and to vote after such discharge.

2009-A6853A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 6853--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CAMARA, CASTRO, ROBINSON, ESPAILLAT -- read once
  and referred to the Committee on Correction --  committee  discharged,
  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
  committee

AN ACT to amend the correction law and the executive law, in relation to
  requiring persons released from prison or  parole  to  be  advised  of
  their eligibility to vote

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 75 to
read as follows:
  S 75.  DISCHARGE;  NOTIFICATION  OF  ELIGIBILITY  TO  VOTE.  UPON  THE
DISCHARGE FROM A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OF ANY PERSON WHO HAS REACHED HIS
OR  HER MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR THE CONVICTION OF A FELONY,
THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOTIFY SUCH PERSON OF HIS OR  HER  RIGHT  TO  VOTE,
PROVIDE  SUCH  PERSON  WITH A FORM OF APPLICATION FOR VOTER REGISTRATION
TOGETHER WITH WRITTEN INFORMATION DISTRIBUTED BY THE BOARD OF  ELECTIONS
ON  THE  IMPORTANCE  AND  THE  MECHANICS OF VOTING AND SHALL ASSIST SUCH
PERSON IN REGISTERING TO VOTE IN THE SAME MANNER AND TO THE SAME  EXTENT
AS THE AGENCIES LISTED IN SECTION 5-211 OF THE ELECTION LAW.
  S  2.  The  executive law is amended by adding a new section 259-jj to
read as follows:
  S 259-JJ.  VOTING RIGHTS UPON DISCHARGE. UPON DISCHARGE  OF  A  PERSON
FROM  PRESUMPTIVE  RELEASE,  PAROLE, OR CONDITIONAL RELEASE, OR UPON THE
EXPIRATION OF A PERSON'S MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF  IMPRISONMENT  WHILE  UNDER
THE  SUPERVISION OF THE DIVISION OF PAROLE, THE DIVISION OF PAROLE SHALL
NOTIFY SUCH PERSON OF HIS OR HER RIGHT TO VOTE, PROVIDE SUCH PERSON WITH
A FORM OF APPLICATION  FOR  VOTER  REGISTRATION  TOGETHER  WITH  WRITTEN
INFORMATION  DISTRIBUTED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS ON THE IMPORTANCE AND
THE MECHANICS OF VOTING AND SHALL ASSIST SUCH PERSON IN  REGISTERING  TO

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10426-02-9

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