Assembly Bill A10432

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   10432
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2026
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 Introduced  by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction
 
 AN ACT to establish a temporary commission to study music and performing
   arts education programs in New York state correctional facilities; and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration there-
   of
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative findings. Music and performing arts education
 programs are proven to be effective at lowering the recidivism rates  of
 incarcerated  individuals.  While  the three-year recidivism rate in New
 York is sixty percent, participants in arts education  programs  have  a
 recidivism rate of only three percent. Understanding how to expand music
 and performing arts education programs in state prisons will help ensure
 incarcerated  individuals  are able to become well integrated members of
 society after they have served their sentences.  This  legislation  will
 create a temporary state commission to study and make recommendations on
 how to expand music and performing arts education programs for youth and
 adults in New York state correctional facilities.
   §  2.  (a)  A  temporary  state  commission is hereby created to study
 current music and performing arts education programs in New  York  state
 correctional  facilities,  and  to make recommendations on how to expand
 these programs. The commission shall study programs for both  youth  and
 adult incarcerated individuals.
   (b) 1. The commission shall consist of eleven members, to be appointed
 as  follows:  five  members shall be appointed by the governor, of which
 one shall be from the department of  corrections  and  community  super-
 vision, one shall be from the New York state council on the arts, and at
 least one shall be a formerly incarcerated individual; two members shall
 be appointed by the temporary president of the senate; two members shall
 be  appointed  by  the  speaker  of  the  assembly;  one member shall be
 appointed by the minority leader of the senate; and one member shall  be
 appointed  by  the minority leader of the assembly. The commission shall
 elect a member to serve as chair.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   2. The members of the commission shall  receive  no  compensation  for
 their  services but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties under this act. The  commis-
 sion  may  employ  and  at pleasure remove such personnel as it may deem
 necessary  for  the  performance  of its functions and fix their compen-
 sation within the amounts made available by appropriation therefor.
   (c) The commission may request and shall receive from  any  agency  in
 the  state  and from any subdivision, department, board, bureau, commis-
 sion, office, agency or other instrumentality of the  state  or  of  any
 political subdivision thereof such facilities, assistance and data as it
 deems  necessary or desirable for the proper execution of its powers and
 duties and to effectuate the purposes set forth in this act.
   (d) The report  shall  include  any  recommendations  for  legislative
 action  as  it may deem necessary and appropriate and shall be delivered
 to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the  speaker  of
 the  assembly,  and  posted  on the website of the secretary of state no
 later than one year after the effective date of  this  act.  The  report
 shall also be posted on the website of the governor.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed 2 years after such date.