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Assembly Bill A6947

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides for interim appointments to the state board of parole

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2025-A6947 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §259-b, Exec L

2025-A6947 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for interim appointments to the state board of parole during adjournments of the senate.

2025-A6947 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6947
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 18, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  interim  appointments
   to the state 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. 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 remain-
 der of the unexpired term of  the  member  whom  [he  is]  THEY  ARE  to
 succeed.  IN  THE  EVENT OF A VACANCY OCCURRING DURING AN ADJOURNMENT OF
 THE SENATE, THE GOVERNOR MAY MAKE AN INTERIM APPOINTMENT  TO  FILL  SUCH
 VACANCY,  WHICH  SHALL  BE  REVIEWED  BY THE SENATE UPON RECONVENING AND
 SHALL EITHER BE CONFIRMED TO A FULL APPOINTMENT OR REMOVED AT SUCH TIME.
 In the event of the inability to act of any  member,  the  governor  may
 appoint  some  competent  informed  person  to  act in [his] THEIR stead
 during the continuance of such disability.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10766-01-5

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