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A06646 Summary:

BILL NOA06646
 
SAME ASSAME AS S02400
 
SPONSORChandler-Waterman
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd 259-b & 259-d, Exec L
 
Requires the membership of the state board of parole, and parole hearing officers to be composed of a proportionate share of residents of each county to reflect the state's incarcerated individual population.
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A06646 Actions:

BILL NOA06646
 
04/25/2023referred to correction
01/03/2024referred to correction
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A06646 Text:




 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6646
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 25, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. CHANDLER-WATERMAN -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Correction
 
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the composition of the
          state board of parole and parole hearing officers
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section 259-b of the executive law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
     3    2-a. With respect to members appointed or reappointed on and after the
     4  effective date of this subdivision, the state board of parole  shall  be
     5  so constituted that the proportion of the members residing in any county
     6  of  the  state shall be reasonably equivalent and in the same proportion
     7  as the resident county of the incarcerated individual  population  bears
     8  to the total population of the state.
     9    §  2.  Section  259-d  of the executive law is amended by adding a new
    10  subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    11    3. With respect to members appointed or reappointed on and  after  the
    12  effective  date  of this subdivision, the state board of parole shall be
    13  so constituted that the proportion of the hearing officers  residing  in
    14  any  county  of the state shall be reasonably equivalent and in the same
    15  proportion as the resident county of the incarcerated  individual  popu-
    16  lation bears to the total population of the state.
    17    §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    18  have become a law.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01563-01-3
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