Bill Text: NY A02479 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to certificates of disabilities issued by courts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to correction [A02479 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2479
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 16, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Correction
       AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to certificates of disa-
         bilities issued by courts
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 702  of  the  correction  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  342  of  the  laws  of 1972, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    2. Such certificate shall  [not]  be  issued  by  the  court  [unless]
    5  PROVIDED THAT the court is satisfied that:
    6    (a) The person to whom it is to be granted is an eligible offender, as
    7  defined in section seven hundred OF THIS ARTICLE;
    8    (b) The relief to be granted by the certificate is consistent with the
    9  rehabilitation of the eligible offender; and
   10    (c) The relief to be granted by the certificate is consistent with the
   11  public interest.
   12    S  2.  The  opening  paragraph  of subdivision 3 of section 703 of the
   13  correction law, as amended by section 34 of subpart B of part C of chap-
   14  ter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   15    The department shall [not] issue [any] A certificate  of  relief  from
   16  disabilities  pursuant  to  subdivisions  one  or  two  OF THIS SECTION,
   17  [unless] PROVIDED THAT the department is satisfied that:
   18    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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