Assembly Bill A2411

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes the state board of parole to require a violent felony offender to serve his or her maximum term, if release would pose an imminent threat to society

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A2411 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2720
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §70.40, Pen L; amd §803, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8915, S6020
2013-2014: A2618, S3871
2017-2018: A2392, S2730
2019-2020: S4734
2021-2022: S4197
2023-2024: S3273

2015-A2411 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the state board of parole to require a violent felony offender to serve his or her maximum term, if, by convincing evidence, release would pose an imminent threat to society; authorizes the withholding of good behavior allowances of violent felony offenders by the state board of parole upon such a finding.

2015-A2411 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2411

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI, CROUCH -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Correction

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal  law,  in relation to denial of parole to
  certain inmates who have been convicted of a  violent  felony  offense
  when the state board of parole finds, by convincing evidence, that the
  release  of  such inmate would pose an imminent threat to society; and
  to amend the correction law, in relation to making the earning of good
  behavior allowances for violent felony offenders contingent upon their
  not being an imminent threat to society upon release

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision 1 of section 70.40 of the
penal law, as amended by section 127-d-1 of subpart B of part C of chap-
ter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  (b) A person who is serving one or  more  than  one  indeterminate  or
determinate sentence of imprisonment shall, if he or she so requests, be
conditionally  released  from  the  institution  in  which  he or she is
confined when the total good behavior time allowed to him or her, pursu-
ant to the provisions of the correction law, is equal  to  the  unserved
portion  of  his  or  her  term, maximum term or aggregate maximum term;
provided, however, that (i) in no event shall a person  serving  one  or
more  indeterminate sentence of imprisonment and one or more determinate
sentence  of  imprisonment  which  run  concurrently  be   conditionally
released  until serving at least six-sevenths of the determinate term of
imprisonment which has the longest unexpired time to run; and (ii) in no
event shall a person be conditionally released  prior  to  the  date  on
which  such  person  is first eligible for discretionary parole release;
AND (III) IN THE EVENT THAT THE STATE BOARD OF PAROLE FINDS, IN  WRITING
AND BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE, THAT THE RELEASE OF A PERSON SERV-
ING  ANY SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR THE CONVICTION OF A VIOLENT FELONY
OFFENSE, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 70.02 OF THIS ARTICLE,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03471-01-5
              

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