STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5959 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 20, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to authorizing the use of the Orange county correctional facility for the detention of persons under arrest being held for arraignment or appearance The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 500-a of the correction law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 2-t to read as follows: 3 2-t. The Orange county correctional facility may also be used for the 4 detention of persons under arrest being held for arraignment or appear- 5 ance in any court located in the county of Orange. 6 § 2. Section 500-c of the correction law is amended by adding a new 7 subdivision 26 to read as follows: 8 26. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the county of 9 Orange all the provisions of this section shall equally apply in any 10 case where the sheriff is holding a person under arrest for arraignment 11 or appearance prior to commitment, as if such person has been judicially 12 committed to the custody of the sheriff and such person may be held in 13 the Orange county correctional facility. 14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amend- 15 ment to section 500-c of the correction law, made by section two of this 16 act, shall not affect the repeal of such section pursuant to section 12 17 of chapter 907 of the laws of 1984, as amended, and shall be deemed 18 repealed therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09934-01-9