MATTER OF WILLIAMS v. Smith

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The orders of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Petitioner claims his parole revocation, based on the violation of one of his conditions of parole, is invalid because the conditions of parole were not filed with the Secretary of State pursuant to Executive Law § 102 and article IV, § 8 of the State Constitution. We disagree. Conditions of parole are not "rules” within the meaning of Executive Law § 102 and, therefore, they need not be filed to be effective. A rule establishes a general standard of conduct which must be obeyed by all those subject to its…