Bill Text: NY A07237 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the detaining in the Ontario county correctional facility of persons awaiting arraignment in any local court in the county of Ontario.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-03 - signed chap.299 [A07237 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A07237-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7237
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 19, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. KOLB -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Correction
       AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to authorizing  the  use
         of  the  Ontario  county  correctional  facility  for the detention of
         persons under arrest being held for arraignment
         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-k to read as follows:
    3    2-K. THE ONTARIO COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY MAY ALSO BE USED FOR THE
    4  DETENTION OF PERSONS UNDER ARREST BEING  HELD  FOR  ARRAIGNMENT  IN  ANY
    5  COURT LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF ONTARIO.
    6    S  2.  Section  500-c of the correction law is amended by adding a new
    7  subdivision 17 to read as follows:
    8    17. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION  OF  LAW,  IN  THE  COUNTY  OF
    9  ONTARIO  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  PRIOR  TO COMMITMENT, AS IF SUCH PERSON HAS BEEN JUDICIALLY COMMITTED TO
   12  THE CUSTODY OF THE SHERIFF AND SUCH PERSON MAY BE HELD  IN  THE  ONTARIO
   13  COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
   14    S  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.
                                                                  LBD10746-01-1