Bill Text: NY S03511 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes Greene county to enter into an agreement with a contiguous county to share the construction, financing, improvement and/or maintenance of a county jail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S03511 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S03511-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3511 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 29, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, BRESLIN, MYRIE, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT in relation to authorizing Greene county to enter into an agree- ment with a contiguous county to share the construction, financing, improvement, maintenance and/or housing of persons in the custody of the sheriff of a county jail The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. (a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, 2 Greene county may enter into an agreement with a contiguous county to 3 share the construction, financing, improvement, maintenance and/or hous- 4 ing of persons in the custody of the sheriff of a county jail. Any such 5 shared county jail shall be physically located in Greene county or such 6 contiguous county. Any agreement made pursuant to this section shall be 7 in accordance with the provisions of article 5-G of the general munici- 8 pal law. For the purposes of this section, the term "contiguous county" 9 shall, with respect to counties, mean and include "contiguous" as 10 described (with respect to towns and villages) in subdivision 4 of 11 section 750 of the general municipal law. 12 (b) A shared county jail established pursuant to this section shall be 13 considered the county jail of Greene county and such contiguous county 14 for the purposes of any relevant provision of law and be considered a 15 local correctional facility, as such term is defined in subdivision 16 16 of section 2 of the correction law, for all purposes. 17 (c) For purposes of subdivision 2 of section 70.20 of the penal law 18 and any other relevant provision of the criminal procedure law and any 19 other law, such shared county jail shall be considered to be located in 20 Greene county and such contiguous county and be considered the county 21 jail of the county for all courts located in Greene county and such 22 contiguous county. Further, a person taken into custody pursuant to EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07506-01-1S. 3511 2 1 paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 259-i of the executive law may 2 be incarcerated in such shared county jail for an arrest occurring in 3 Greene county or such contiguous county and, if a local revocation hear- 4 ing is to be held pursuant to paragraph (e) of such subdivision 3, the 5 location of such shared county jail shall be considered in determining 6 whether such facility is reasonably near the place of the alleged 7 violation or arrest. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.