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Senate Bill S155

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Directs the board of trustees of the state university to require applicants to state-operated institutions to state whether they have been convicted of a violent felony offense

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2017-S155 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §355, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S8192
2019-2020: S969

2017-S155 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the board of trustees of the state university to require applicants to state-operated institutions to state whether they have been convicted of a violent felony offense.

2017-S155 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S155 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    155
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  YOUNG, LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to directing the board of
   trustees of the state university to include, on every application  for
   admission  to  a state-operated institution, a question on whether the
   applicant has been convicted of any violent felony offense
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 17-a to read as follows:
   17-A.  THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY SHALL ADOPT RULES
 PROVIDING THAT EACH APPLICATION TO ADMISSION TO A STATE-OPERATED  INSTI-
 TUTION  SHALL  REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO STATE WHETHER HE OR SHE HAS EVER
 BEEN CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT FELONY OFFENSE, AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION
 ONE OF SECTION 70.02 OF THE PENAL LAW, IN THIS STATE OR OF AN OFFENSE IN
 ANY  OTHER  JURISDICTION  IN THE UNITED STATES WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE
 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF A VIOLENT FELONY OFFENSE IN THIS  STATE.    IF  AN
 APPLICANT HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF SUCH AN OFFENSE, HE OR SHE SHALL IDENTI-
 FY  THE  VIOLENT  FELONY  OFFENSE  OR  OFFENSES  OF  WHICH HE OR SHE WAS
 CONVICTED, THE DATE OR DATES OF SUCH CONVICTION OR CONVICTIONS, AND  THE
 COURT OR COURTS IN WHICH SUCH CONVICTION OR CONVICTIONS WERE RENDERED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06238-01-7

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