Bill Text: NY S02120 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the release on parole for persons convicted for the second time of a class B violent felony offense.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-18 - REFERRED TO CODES [S02120 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S02120-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2120
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 18, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in  relation  to  prohibiting  parole  in
         certain circumstances
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 70.40 of the penal law is amended by adding  a  new
    2  subdivision 4 to read as follows:
    3    4.  WHEN  A  PERSON  HAS  BEEN  CONVICTED  OF A CLASS B VIOLENT FELONY
    4  OFFENSE AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION  70.02
    5  OF  THIS  ARTICLE AND HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF A CLASS B VIOLENT
    6  FELONY OFFENSE, SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE.
    7    S 2.   This act shall take  effect  on  the  first  of  November  next
    8  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06472-01-1