Bill Text: NY S06098 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the New York state commission to end mass incarceration and to prevent violence; provides such commission shall investigate, evaluate and make recommendations concerning how to reduce the New York prison population, incidences of violent crime in New York state, and other various topics related to the criminal justice system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S06098 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6098

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 16, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

        AN ACT establishing the New York state commission to end mass incarcera-
          tion and to prevent violence

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

     1    Section  1.  A  state  commission,  to  be known as the New York state
     2  commission to end mass incarceration and to prevent violence, is  hereby
     3  created to investigate, evaluate and make recommendations concerning how
     4  to  reduce  the New York prison population and the incidences of violent
     5  crime in New York state.
     6    § 2. (a) The commission shall consist  of  seventeen  members,  to  be
     7  appointed  as follows: nine members to be appointed by the governor, one
     8  of whom shall be the chair; three members to be appointed by the  tempo-
     9  rary president of the senate; one member appointed by the senate minori-
    10  ty  leader;  three members appointed by the speaker of the assembly; and
    11  one member appointed by the assembly minority leader.
    12    (b) The members of the commission shall receive  no  compensation  for
    13  their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
    14  incurred  in the performance of their duties under this act. The commis-
    15  sion may employ and at pleasure remove such personnel  as  it  may  deem
    16  necessary  for  the  performance  of its functions and fix their compen-
    17  sation within the amounts made available by appropriation therefor.
    18    § 3. Specifically the commission shall investigate:
    19    (a) how to reduce the New York prison population based on fairness and
    20  justice; and
    21    (b) how to reduce the incidences of violent crime in New York state.
    22    § 4. (a) For the accomplishment of its purposes,  the  commission  may
    23  meet  and  hold  public  and/or  private  hearings within or without the
    24  state, and shall have all the powers of a legislative committee pursuant
    25  to the legislative law. The commission is authorized  and  empowered  to

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  undertake  any studies, inquiries, surveys or analyses it may deem rele-
     2  vant through its own personnel or in cooperation with  or  by  agreement
     3  with any other public or private agency.
     4    (b)  To  the  maximum  extent feasible, the commission may request and
     5  shall be entitled to receive and shall utilize and be provided with such
     6  facilities, resources and data from any court in the state and from  any
     7  subdivision,  department,  board,  bureau, commission, office, agency or
     8  other instrumentality of the state or of any political subdivision ther-
     9  eof as it deems necessary or desirable for the proper execution  of  its
    10  powers and duties and to effectuate the purposes set forth in this act.
    11    (c)  The  commission  is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into
    12  any agreements and to do and perform any acts  that  may  be  necessary,
    13  desirable  or  proper  to  carry out the purposes and objectives of this
    14  act.
    15    § 5. The commission shall make recommendations and  a  report  of  its
    16  findings.  The  commission shall submit such recommendations and report,
    17  including any recommendations for legislative  action  as  it  may  deem
    18  necessary  and  appropriate, to the governor, the temporary president of
    19  the senate and the speaker of the assembly no later than December first,
    20  two thousand twenty.
    21    § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.