Relates to the education and experience of members of the state board of parole; provides that members can have either a degree and at least five years of experience in several fields or at least ten years of experience in such fields.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A586
SPONSOR: Burgos TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the education and
experience of members of the state board of parole
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this bill is to expand the eligible pool of candidates
for the parole board.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends subdivision 2 of section 259-b of the executive law to
permit five years of relevant experience to serve as a substitution for
a bachelor's degree.
Section 2 is the effective date.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):
N/A
JUSTIFICATION:
The education credentials requirement for service on the parole board is
a barrier to individuals with years of relevant personal or professional
experience. This bill remedies that issue by allowing experience to
serve as a substitute for educational credentials, thus broadening the
pool of qualified candidates.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2022: S8767/A10017
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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586
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. BURGOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Correction
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the education and
experience of members of the state board of parole
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 259-b of the executive law, as
2 amended by section 38-a of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
3 of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
4 2. Each member of the board shall either (a) have been awarded a
5 degree from an accredited four-year college or university or a graduate
6 degree from such college or university or accredited graduate school and
7 shall have had at least five years of experience in one or more of the
8 fields of criminology, administration of criminal justice, law enforce-
9 ment, sociology, law, social work, corrections, psychology, psychiatry
10 or medicine; or (b) have at least ten years of experience in one or more
11 of the fields of criminology, administration of criminal justice, law
12 enforcement, sociology, law, social work, corrections, psychology,
13 psychiatry or medicine.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00624-01-3
