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NY A03833
Bill
Status
1/31/2019
Primary Sponsor
Inez Dickens
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AI Summary
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Amends Executive Law Section 259-b to increase the minimum size of the New York State Board of Parole from not more than 19 members to at least 19 members, effective August 1, 2020.
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Requires all new appointments to the Board of Parole to be made so that the racial and ethnic makeup of the board resembles the racial and ethnic makeup of the state's prison population.
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Board members continue to be appointed by the governor with advice and consent of the senate for six-year terms.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Relates to the racial and ethnic makeup of the board of parole; requires the ethnic and racial makeup of the board to resemble the racial and ethnic makeup of the state's prison population.
Last Action
referred to correction
1/8/2020