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Assembly Bill A9285

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires parole decisions to be published on a publicly accessible website within 60 days of such decision

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

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2013-A9285 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง259-i, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A1984
2017-2018: A3053

2013-A9285 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires parole decisions to be published on a publicly accessible website within 60 days of such decision.

2013-A9285 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9285

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 7, 2014
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring parole deci-
  sions to be published on a website

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section 259-i of the executive law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
  (C) ALL APPEAL DECISIONS SHALL BE PUBLISHED WITHIN SIXTY DAYS  OF  THE
DETERMINATION   ON   A  PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE  WEBSITE  THAT  INCLUDES  A
WORD-SEARCHABLE DATABASE AND CUMULATIVE SUBJECT  MATTER  INDEX  OF  SUCH
DECISIONS.  SUCH  SUBJECT  MATTER  INDEX  SHALL BE PUBLISHED ANNUALLY IN
PRINT FORM AND  DISTRIBUTED  TO  ALL  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  LIBRARIES.
COPIES  OF  SUCH  INDIVIDUAL  APPEAL  DECISIONS AND SUBJECT MATTER INDEX
SHALL ALSO BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO  THE BOARD.  INFOR-
MATION WHICH WOULD REVEAL CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL THAT MAY NOT BE RELEASED
PURSUANT TO FEDERAL OR  STATE  LAW  SHALL  BE  REDACTED  FROM  ANY  SUCH
WEBSITE, DECISION AND INDEX.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law and shall apply to appeal  decisions  rendered  on  or
after such date.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14409-02-4

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