New York S 4645: Establishes a paint stewardship program

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S04645 Summary:

BILL NOS04645 

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SPONSORWEIK

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Amd §259-i, Exec L

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Requires unanimous agreement by the parole board to release an incarcerated individual on parole.

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02/10/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4645

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. WEIK -- 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 unanimous
 agreement by the parole board to release incarcerated individuals on
 parole

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
 2 section 259-i of the executive law, as amended by chapter 486 of the
 3 laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, at
 5 least one month prior to the date on which an incarcerated individual
 6 may be paroled pursuant to subdivision one of section 70.40 of the penal
 7 law, a member or members as determined by the rules of the board shall
 8 personally interview such incarcerated individual and determine whether
 9 [he or she] such incarcerated individual should be paroled in accordance
 10 with the guidelines adopted pursuant to subdivision four of section two
 11 hundred fifty-nine-c of this article. Such determination to parole such
 12 incarcerated individual shall be unanimous by agreement of the board. If
 13 parole is not granted upon such review, the incarcerated individual
 14 shall be informed in writing within two weeks of such appearance of the
 15 factors and reasons for such denial of parole. Such reasons shall be
 16 given in detail and not in conclusory terms. The board shall specify a
 17 date not more than twenty-four months from such determination for recon-
 18 sideration, and the procedures to be followed upon reconsideration shall
 19 be the same. If the incarcerated individual is released, [he or she]
 20 such incarcerated individual shall be given a copy of the conditions of
 21 parole. Such conditions shall where appropriate, include a requirement
 22 that the parolee comply with any restitution order, mandatory surcharge,
 23 sex offender registration fee and DNA databank fee previously imposed by

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08975-01-5

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 1 a court of competent jurisdiction that applies to the parolee. The
 2 conditions shall indicate which restitution collection agency estab-
 3 lished under subdivision eight of section 420.10 of the criminal proce-
 4 dure law, shall be responsible for collection of restitution, mandatory
 5 surcharge, sex offender registration fees and DNA databank fees as
 6 provided for in section 60.35 of the penal law and section eighteen
 7 hundred nine of the vehicle and traffic law. If the incarcerated indi-
 8 vidual is released, [he or she] such incarcerated individual shall also
 9 be notified in writing that [his or her] such incarcerated individual's
 10 voting rights will be restored upon release.
 11 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 259-i of the executive
 12 law, as amended by chapter 486 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read
 13 as follows:
 14 (a) At least one month prior to the expiration of the minimum period
 15 or periods of imprisonment fixed by the court or board, a member or
 16 members as determined by the rules of the board shall personally inter-
 17 view an incarcerated individual serving an indeterminate sentence and
 18 determine whether [he or she] such incarcerated individual should be
 19 paroled at the expiration of the minimum period or periods in accordance
 20 with the procedures adopted pursuant to subdivis