 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 31, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEPRIN,  O'DONNELL,  AUBRY  -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Correction
 
        AN ACT to amend the correction  law,  in  relation  to  certificates  of
          relief from disabilities
 
          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]  when
     5  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;
     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    § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 703 of the correction law, as amended by
    13  section  34 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is
    14  amended to read as follows:
    15    3. The department shall [not] issue [any] a certificate of relief from
    16  disabilities pursuant to subdivisions one  or  two,  [unless]  when  the
    17  department is satisfied that:
    18    (a) The person to whom it is to be granted is an eligible offender, as
    19  defined in section seven hundred;
    20    (b) The relief to be granted by the certificate is consistent with the
    21  rehabilitation of the eligible offender; and
    22    (c) The relief to be granted by the certificate is consistent with the
    23  public interest.
    24    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    25  have become a law.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05033-01-7
Relates to certificates of relief from disabilities

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