Bill Text: NY A04546 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Alters the composition of the state board of parole to include members to be appointed upon the recommendation of the four legislative leaders.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to correction [A04546 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A04546-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4546

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 4, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. WALKER, JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Correction

        AN ACT to amend the executive  law,  in  relation  to  distributing  the
          appointing  authority of the state board of parole among the governor,
          senate and assembly

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 259-b of the executive law, as
     2  amended by section 38-a of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
     3  of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
     4    1. There shall be in the department a state board  of  parole  [which]
     5  that  shall  possess  the  powers  and duties hereinafter specified. The
     6  board shall function independently of the department  regarding  all  of
     7  its  decision-making  functions,  as well as any other powers and duties
     8  specified  in  this  article,  provided,  however,  that  administrative
     9  matters of general applicability within the department shall be applica-
    10  ble  to the board. [Such] On and after January first, two thousand twen-
    11  ty-three, such board shall consist of [not more than]  nineteen  members
    12  [appointed  by  the governor with the advice and consent of the senate],
    13  nine of whom shall be appointed by the governor, three of whom shall  be
    14  appointed  by the temporary president of the senate, three of whom shall
    15  be appointed by the speaker of  the  assembly,  two  of  whom  shall  be
    16  appointed by the minority leader of the senate, and two of whom shall be
    17  appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.  The term of office of
    18  each  member  of  such  board shall be for six years; provided, however,
    19  that any member chosen to fill a vacancy  occurring  otherwise  than  by
    20  expiration of term shall be appointed for the remainder of the unexpired
    21  term  of  the  member  whom he or she is to succeed. In the event of the
    22  inability to act of any member, the governor may appoint some  competent
    23  informed  person  to  act  in his or her stead during the continuance of
    24  such disability.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 4546                             2

     1    § 2. The state board of parole as constituted on the effective date of
     2  this section is hereby abolished as of January 1, 2023. Members  of  the
     3  state  board  of  parole  as  constituted  pursuant to the provisions of
     4  subdivision 1 of section 259-b of  the  executive  law,  as  amended  by
     5  section  one  of  this  act, shall be appointed by the appropriate state
     6  official prior to January 1, 2023, so that such board may be fully oper-
     7  ative on and after such date.
     8    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.