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Assembly Bill A2211

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to certificates upon discharge

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2019-A2211 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3313
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §205, Cor L; amd §259-j, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9805, S8076
2017-2018: A1052, S3494, S5561
2021-2022: A5549, S2630

2019-A2211 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to certificates of relief from disabilities and certificates of good conduct upon discharge.

2019-A2211 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2211
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. RICHARDSON, HYNDMAN, ORTIZ, BLAKE, DE LA ROSA,
   WALKER, DAVILA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  SIMON,  WALLACE  --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law and the executive law, in relation to
   certificates upon discharge

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 205  of  the  correction  law,  as
 added  by section 32 of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of
 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   2. (A) A merit  termination  granted  by  the  department  under  this
 section  shall  constitute a termination of the sentence with respect to
 which it was granted. No such merit termination shall be granted  unless
 the  department  is satisfied that termination of sentence from presump-
 tive release, parole, conditional release or post-release supervision is
 in the best interest of society,  and  that  the  parolee  or  releasee,
 otherwise  financially  able  to comply with an order of restitution and
 the payment of any mandatory surcharge previously imposed by a court  of
 competent  jurisdiction,  has  made a good faith effort to comply there-
 with.
   (B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A PERSON GRANTED MERIT
 TERMINATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE PROVIDED A CERTIFICATE  OF
 RELIEF FROM DISABILITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS
 CHAPTER  OR  A  CERTIFICATE  OF GOOD CONDUCT UNDER SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED
 THREE-B OF THIS CHAPTER, AS APPLICABLE.
   § 2. Section 259-j of the executive law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW,  A PERSON GRANTED
 DISCHARGE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE  PROVIDED
 A  CERTIFICATE  OF  RELIEF  FROM  DISABILITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVEN
 HUNDRED THREE OF THE CORRECTION LAW OR A  CERTIFICATE  OF  GOOD  CONDUCT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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