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Senate Bill S8681

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the establishment of a parole board nomination commission

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

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2017-S8681 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §259-b, add §259-bb, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S1740

2017-S8681 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the establishment of a parole board nomination commission; such commission shall conduct searches and screenings for potential candidates to fill open seats on the state board of parole and provide the governor with no less than three and no more than seven candidate recommendations to fill each vacancy on the board.

2017-S8681 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8681 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8681
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 10, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 the establishment of a
   parole board nomination commission
 
   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-b of the executive law, as
 amended by section 38-a of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
 of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   1. There shall be in the department a  state  board  of  parole  which
 shall  possess  the  powers  and duties hereinafter specified. The board
 shall function independently of the  department  regarding  all  of  its
 decision-making functions, as well as any other powers and duties speci-
 fied  in this article, provided, however, that administrative matters of
 general applicability within the department shall be applicable  to  the
 board.  Such  board  shall  consist  of  not  more than nineteen members
 appointed by the governor with the [advice and] consent of  the  senate,
 AND  AFTER  APRIL  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, WITH THE ADVICE OF THE
 PAROLE BOARD NOMINATION COMMISSION ESTABLISHED IN  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED
 FIFTY-NINE-BB OF THIS ARTICLE. The term of office of each member of such
 board  shall be for six years; provided, however, that any member chosen
 to fill a vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration of  term  shall
 be appointed WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS OF SUCH VACANCY for the remainder of
 the  unexpired term of the member whom he is to succeed. In the event of
 the inability to act of any member, the governor may appoint some compe-
 tent informed person to act in his stead during the continuance of  such
 disability.
   §  2.  The  executive law is amended by adding a new section 259-bb to
 read as follows:
   § 259-BB. PAROLE BOARD NOMINATION COMMISSION. 1. NO LATER  THAN  APRIL
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, A PAROLE BOARD NOMINATION COMMISSION SHALL
 BE ESTABLISHED.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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