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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2204
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  STEVENSON  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          ARROYO, CRESPO, GIBSON, ROBINSON -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Correction
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  correction  law, in relation to certificates of

          relief from disabilities issued by the department of  corrections  and
          community supervision
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1.  Subdivision 2 of section 702 of  the  correction  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  342  of  the  laws  of 1972, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    2. Such certificate shall  [not]  be  issued  by  the  court  [unless]
     5  provided that the court is satisfied that:
     6    (a) The person to whom it is to be granted is an eligible offender, as
     7  defined in section seven hundred of this article;
     8    (b) The relief to be granted by the certificate is consistent with the
     9  rehabilitation of the eligible offender; and
    10    (c) The relief to be granted by the certificate is consistent with the

    11  public interest.
    12    §  2.    The  opening paragraph of subdivision 3 of section 703 of the
    13  correction law, as amended by section 34 of subpart B of part C of chap-
    14  ter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
    15    The department shall [not] issue [any] a certificate  of  relief  from
    16  disabilities  pursuant  to  subdivisions  one  or  two  of this section,
    17  [unless] when the department is satisfied that:
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01006-01-3