Directs that the New York state office of general services statewide administrative services contract be used to select qualified interpreters to be used for translation services for inmates appearing before the parole board.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1208
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 6, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- 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 executive law, in relation to the appointment of
interpreters to be used in parole board proceedings
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 259-i of the executive law, as
2 added by chapter 473 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 8. Foreign born or non-English speaking person before the board. Upon
5 notification from the department pursuant to section two hundred fifty-
6 nine-e of this article, or upon the request of any foreign born or non-
7 English speaking person who is scheduled to participate in an interview,
8 parole release hearing, preliminary hearing or revocation hearing, there
9 shall be appointed from the New York state office of general services
10 statewide administrative services contract, a qualified interpreter [who
11 is certified by a recognized national or New York state credentialing
12 authority] to interpret the proceedings to and the statements or testi-
13 mony of such person. The board shall determine a reasonable fee for all
14 such interpreting services, the cost of which shall be a charge upon the
15 board of parole. No such request or appointment shall cause a delay of
16 release from incarceration of such person.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
18 manner as chapter 473 of the laws of 2016, takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02087-02-7
