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Assembly Bill A3035

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides certain immigrants with confidential consultation and assistance on potential petitions for executive clemency

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2019-A3035 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2429
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §94-b, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A8037

2019-A3035 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides certain immigrants with confidential consultation and assistance on potential petitions for executive clemency.

2019-A3035 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3035
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law,  in  relation  to  providing  certain
   immigrants  with confidential consultation and assistance on potential
   petitions for executive clemency

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraphs (m) and (n) of subdivision 5 of section 94-b of
 the executive law, as added by chapter 206 of  the  laws  of  2014,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   (m)  Encourage  and  assist  local  governments  in the development of
 activities to enhance civic engagement among immigrants and in immigrant
 communities; [and]
   (n) PROVIDE OR ARRANGE FOR CONFIDENTIAL CONSULTATION WITH AN IMMIGRANT
 WHO HAS A PRIOR CONVICTION FOR ONE OR MORE  OFFENSES  OR  CRIMES,  OTHER
 THAN  VIOLENT  CRIMES  OR  OTHER  CRIMES  OF A SERIOUS NATURE THAT MIGHT
 JUSTIFY DEPORTATION OF SUCH INDIVIDUAL, ON THE POTENTIAL AVAILABILITY OF
 EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  TWO-A  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  AND
 PROVIDE OR ARRANGE FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE FILING OF PETITIONS THEREFOR;
 AND
   (O) Beginning in two thousand fifteen, by June fifteenth of each year,
 produce  a  report to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, and the
 temporary president of the  senate  describing  the  activities  of  the
 office, including but not limited to, summarizing calls received through
 the  hotline and website, information on ESOL training services provided
 by the office, the number of immigrants assisted through the opportunity
 centers, or an estimation thereof, the status of any workforce  develop-
 ment programs, and any other relevant information.
   §  2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unless disclosure is
 required by lawful court order, no  personally-identifiable  information
 obtained  by  the  Office for New Americans or any agent thereof for the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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