Assembly Bill A3872

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the racial and ethnic makeup of the board of parole

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A3872 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §259-b, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A9809
2019-2020: A3833

2021-A3872 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the racial and ethnic makeup of the board of parole; requires the ethnic and racial makeup of the board to resemble the racial and ethnic makeup of the state's prison population.

2021-A3872 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3872
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DICKENS, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, COOK, DARLING, RICH-
   ARDSON, SAYEGH, SIMON -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on
   Correction
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the racial and ethnic
   makeup of the board of parole
 
   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.
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, BEGINNING AUGUST FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, THE
 NUMBER OF MEMBERS APPOINTED SHALL BE AT  LEAST  NINETEEN.  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 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 competent
 informed person to act in his stead during the continuance of such disa-
 bility.  PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT ALL NEW APPOINTMENTS SHALL BE  MADE  SO
 THAT THE RACIAL AND ETHNIC MAKEUP OF SUCH BOARD RESEMBLES THE RACIAL AND
 ETHNIC MAKEUP OF THE STATE'S PRISON POPULATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03717-01-1

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