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Senate Bill S8515

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to certificates of relief from disabilities

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2021-S8515 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8902
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§702 & 703, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7282
2013-2014: A4593
2015-2016: A2498
2017-2018: A4040
2019-2020: A3993
2023-2024: S3176, A7194

2021-S8515 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to certificates of relief from disabilities issued by courts or by the department of corrections and community supervision.

2021-S8515 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8515 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8515
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 8, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
   Correction
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  correction  law, in relation to certificates of
   relief from disabilities
 
   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] WHEN
 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. Subdivision 3 of section 703 of the correction law, as amended by
 section 34 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   3. The department shall [not] issue [any] A certificate of relief from
 disabilities  pursuant  to  subdivisions  one  or  two  OF THIS SECTION,
 [unless] WHEN the department 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.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14213-01-2

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