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Int 0031-2018

Selective service applications in city jails.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Criminal Justiceintroduced 2018-01-31

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2018-01-31Passed: 2021-12-31

Summary

The bill requires the Department of Correction to facilitate inmates applying to the Selective Service System.

Committee on Criminal JusticeDepartment of Correction [ and], Department of Probation, and the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice.

How it compares

20% of similar bills passed

10 passed · 40 died

This bill: 1430 days in committee

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Sponsors (1)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2018-01-31 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2018-01-31 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2018-01-31 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (5)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Section 9-128 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision d to read as follows: � 9-128. Applications for government benefits. d. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall provide any inmate between the ages of 18 and 25 with materials necessary to apply to the selective service system, and shall ensure that any inmate between the ages of 18 and 25 that is engaged in programming for more than 30 days is provided with materials, guidance, and any assistance necessary to register with the selective service system. For the purposes of this subdivision, "inmate programming" includes but is not limited to any structured services offered directly to inmates for the purposes of vocational training, counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy, addressing drug dependencies, or any similar purpose. � 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law. LS #8957/Int. 1560-2017 LS 274 BC 12/13/2017