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Apr 08, 2010 |
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Assembly Bill A10589
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
TEDISCO
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
George Amedore
Daniel Burling
Gary Finch
David McDonough
multi-Sponsors
Thomas Alfano
James Bacalles
Robert Barra
Marc Butler
2009-A10589 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Correction
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §259-c, add §259-t, Exec L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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A2042
2009-A10589 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Allows the governor to review decisions by the parole board to grant or deny release on parole to inmates serving a sentence of imprisonment, or the imposition of conditions of such release; allows the governor to delay the scheduled release of an inmate to parole by not more than fifteen days for the purpose of conducting such a review.
2009-A10589 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A10589 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to allow- ing the governor to review decisions by the parole board PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To protect the public by ensuring that the decisions of the Parole Board to release inmates convicted of violent and serious felonies are consistent with the interests of justice and existing provisions of law, and that these releases will not endanger the public, by giving the Governor the authority to directly review the decisions of the Parole Board. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: 55 1-5. Amends various sections of the Executive Law to make decisions of the Parole Board or its members subject to limitations imposed by the new section 259-S. §6. Adds a new Section 259-S to the Executive Law providing for the review of Parole Board decisions by the Governor, specifically allowing the Governor to: *Review the decisions by the Parole Board to grant or deny release of inmates, and the conditions imposed on such release; *Delay the release of an inmate on parole for up to fifteen days pending such a review;
2009-A10589 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10589 I N A S S E M B L Y April 8, 2010 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TEDISCO, AMEDORE, BURLING, FINCH, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALFANO, BACALLES, BARRA, BUTLER, CONTE, CROUCH, DUPREY, GIGLIO, J. MILLER, MOLINARO, OAKS, RAIA, THIELE, TOWNSEND -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to allowing the governor to review decisions by the parole board THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 259-c of the executive law, as amended by section 8 of part J of chapter 56 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 1. SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE-T OF THIS ARTICLE, have the power and duty of determining which inmates serving an indeterminate or determinate sentence of impri- sonment may be released on parole, or on medical parole pursuant to section two hundred fifty-nine-r or section two hundred fifty-nine-s of this article, and when and under what conditions; S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 259-c of the executive law, as amended by chapter 55 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows: 1. SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE-T OF THIS ARTICLE, have the power and duty of determining which inmates serving an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment may be released on parole, or on medical parole pursuant to section two hundred fifty-nine-r of this article, and when and under what conditions; S 3. Subdivision 2 of section 259-c of the executive law, as amended by section 7 of part E of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows: 2. SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE-T OF THIS ARTICLE, have the power and duty of determining the conditions of release of the person who may be presumptively released, conditionally released or subject to a period of post-release super- vision under an indeterminate or determinate sentence of imprisonment; S 4. Subdivision 2 of section 259-c of the executive law, as separate- ly amended by chapter 904 of the laws of 1977 and chapter 1 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
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