Bill Text: NY S06806 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires parole decisions to be published on a publicly accessible website within 60 days of such decision.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-07 - SUBSTITUTED BY A1984 [S06806 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S06806-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6806 IN SENATE February 24, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MONTGOMERY -- 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 requiring parole deci- sions to be published on a website The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 259-i of the executive law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: 3 (c) All appeal decisions shall be published within sixty days of the 4 determination on a publicly accessible website that includes a word- 5 searchable database and cumulative subject matter index of such deci- 6 sions. Such subject matter index shall be published annually in print 7 form and distributed to all correctional facility libraries. Copies of 8 such individual appeal decisions and subject matter index shall also be 9 made available upon written request to the board. Information which 10 would reveal confidential material that may not be released pursuant to 11 federal or state law shall be redacted from any such website, decision 12 and index. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 14 have become a law and shall apply to appeal decisions rendered on or 15 after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04808-01-5
