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Assembly Bill A6108

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to certificates of disabilities issued by courts

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2019-A6108 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§702, 703 & 703-b, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8564
2015-2016: A2479
2017-2018: A1607

2019-A6108 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to certificates of disabilities issued by courts.

2019-A6108 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6108
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to certificates of disa-
   bilities issued by courts
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 702  of  the  correction  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  342  of  the  laws  of 1972, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. Such certificate shall  [not]  be  issued  by  the  court  [unless]
 PROVIDED THAT the court is satisfied that:
   (a) The person to whom it is to be granted is an eligible offender, as
 defined in section seven hundred OF THIS ARTICLE;
   (b) The relief to be granted by the certificate is consistent with the
 rehabilitation of the eligible offender; and
   (c) The relief to be granted by the certificate is consistent with the
 public interest.
   §  2.  The  opening  paragraph  of subdivision 3 of section 703 of the
 correction law, as amended by section 34 of subpart B of part C of chap-
 ter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   The department shall [not] issue [any] A certificate  of  relief  from
 disabilities  pursuant  to  subdivisions  one  or  two  OF THIS SECTION,
 [unless] PROVIDED THAT the department is satisfied that:
   § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 703-b of the correction law, as  amended
 by  section 35 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011,
 is amended to read as follows:
   2. The department shall [have the power to]  issue  a  certificate  of
 good  conduct to any person previously convicted of a crime in any other
 jurisdiction, when the department is satisfied that:
   (a) The applicant has demonstrated that there exist specific facts and
 circumstances, and specific sections of New York state law that have  an

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

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