S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8276
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
August 25, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Correction
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the discharging of
certain sentences
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-j of the executive law, as
amended by section 38-g of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
1. [Except where a determinate sentence was imposed for a felony other
than a felony defined in article two hundred twenty or article two
hundred twenty-one of the penal law, if] IF the board of parole is
satisfied that an absolute discharge from presumptive release, parole,
conditional release or release to a period of post-release supervision
is in the best interests of society, the board may grant such a
discharge prior to the expiration of the full term or maximum term to
any person who has been on unrevoked community supervision for at least
three consecutive years. A discharge granted under this section shall
constitute a termination of the sentence with respect to which it was
granted. No such discharge shall be granted unless the board is satis-
fied that the parolee or releasee, otherwise financially able to comply
with an order of restitution and the payment of any mandatory surcharge,
sex offender registration fee or DNA databank fee previously imposed by
a court of competent jurisdiction, has made a good faith effort to
comply therewith.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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