Bill Text: NY S01208 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1208 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Directs that the New York state office of general services statewide administrative services contract be used to select qualified interpreters to be used for translation services for inmates appearing before the parole board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-06 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S01208 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01208-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          1208
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 6, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- 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 the appointment of
          interpreters to be used in parole board proceedings
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  8  of section 259-i of the executive law, as
     2  added by   chapter 473 of the laws  of  2016,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    8. Foreign born or non-English speaking person before the board.  Upon
     5  notification  from the department pursuant to section two hundred fifty-
     6  nine-e of this article, or upon the request of any foreign born or  non-
     7  English speaking person who is scheduled to participate in an interview,
     8  parole release hearing, preliminary hearing or revocation hearing, there
     9  shall  be  appointed  from the New York state office of general services
    10  statewide administrative services contract, a qualified interpreter [who
    11  is certified by a recognized national or New  York  state  credentialing
    12  authority]  to interpret the proceedings to and the statements or testi-
    13  mony of such person. The board shall determine a reasonable fee for  all
    14  such interpreting services, the cost of which shall be a charge upon the
    15  board  of  parole. No such request or appointment shall cause a delay of
    16  release from incarceration of such person.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    18  manner as  chapter 473 of the laws of 2016, takes effect.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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