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Senate Bill S2671

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits parole for any inmates convicted of homicide unless five members of the parole board are present at the hearing

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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2009-S2671 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง259-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S3537

2009-S2671 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits parole for any inmates convicted of homicide unless five or more members of the parole board are present at the hearing.

2009-S2671 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2671 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2671

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 26, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. MORAHAN, LARKIN, PADAVAN -- 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 executive law, in relation to prohibiting parole for
  any  inmates convicted for homicide unless five or more members of the
  parole board are present at the hearing

  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 chapter 3 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  1. have the power and duty of determining  which  inmates  serving  an
indeterminate or determinate 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;
PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  PAROLE  SHALL NOT BE GRANTED FOR ANY HOMICIDE
OFFENSES AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE PENAL  LAW
UNLESS FIVE OR MORE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT AT SUCH HEARING;
  S  2. Subdivision 1 of section 259-c of the executive law, as added by
chapter 904 of the laws of 1977 and amended by chapter 3 of the laws  of
1995, is amended to read as follows:
  1.  have  the  power  and duty of determining which inmates serving an
indeterminate or determinate or a reformatory sentence  of  imprisonment
may  be released on parole and when and under what conditions; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT PAROLE SHALL NOT BE GRANTED FOR ANY HOMICIDE  OFFENSES  AS
DEFINED  IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE PENAL LAW UNLESS FIVE
OR MORE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT AT SUCH HEARING;
  S 3.  Subdivision 1 of section 259-c of the executive law, as added by
chapter 904 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
  1. have the power and duty of determining  which  inmates  serving  an
indeterminate  or a reformatory sentence of imprisonment may be released
on parole and when and under what conditions;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08567-01-9

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