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Assembly Bill A5633

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows petitions to conditionally seal certain drug convictions

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2009-A5633 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§160.65 & 160.70, amd §160.60, CP L; amd §296, Exec L

2009-A5633 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows petitions to conditionally seal certain drug convictions; establishes when a person may petition for the record of any eligible felony or any eligible misdemeanor to be conditionally sealed.

2009-A5633 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5633

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 17, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. AUBRY, PERALTA, GREENE, POWELL, MILLMAN, TITUS,
  WRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, GLICK, HOOPER, PRET-
  LOW, ROBINSON, TOWNS -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on
  Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend  the criminal procedure law and the executive law, in
  relation to the conditional sealing of drug convictions

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

  Section  1.  The  criminal  procedure  law  is amended by adding a new
section 160.65 to read as follows:
S 160.65 PETITION TO CONDITIONALLY SEAL CERTAIN CONVICTIONS.
  1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL MEAN AS FOLLOWS:
  (A) "ELIGIBLE FELONY" SHALL BE A FELONY OFFENSE DEFINED IN ARTICLE TWO
HUNDRED TWENTY OR TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THE PENAL LAW;
  (B) "ELIGIBLE MISDEMEANOR" SHALL BE A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE  DEFINED  IN
ARTICLE  TWO  HUNDRED TWENTY OR TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THE PENAL LAW;
AND
  (C) "SPECIFIED OFFENSE" MEANS AN OFFENSE  THAT  WOULD  MAKE  A  PERSON
INELIGIBLE  FOR  MERIT  TIME  UNDER  SECTION  EIGHT HUNDRED THREE OF THE
CORRECTION LAW OR AN OFFENSE FOR WHICH REGISTRATION AS A SEX OFFENDER IS
REQUIRED AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION TWO OR THREE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED
SIXTY-EIGHT-A OF  THE  CORRECTION  LAW.  SPECIFIED  OFFENSE  SHALL  ALSO
INCLUDE  AN  OFFENSE  IN  ANY  OTHER  JURISDICTION THAT INCLUDES ALL THE
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF AN OFFENSE DESCRIBED IN THIS PARAGRAPH.
  2. A PERSON MAY PETITION FOR THE RECORD OF ANY ELIGIBLE FELONY OR  ANY
ELIGIBLE MISDEMEANOR TO BE CONDITIONALLY SEALED:
  (A)  UPON  THE  PERSON'S  COMPLETION  OF A SENTENCE, AND ANY PERIOD OF
POST-RELEASE  SUPERVISION  WHERE  APPLICABLE,  ON  AN  ELIGIBLE  FELONY,
PROVIDED  THAT SUCH PERSON HAS COMPLETED A CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE TREATMENT
PROGRAM, AND DOES NOT STAND CONVICTED OF A SPECIFIED OFFENSE;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04386-02-9

              

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