Bill Text: NY S06088 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the Washington and Essex county correctional facilities to also be used for the detention of persons under arrest being held for arraignment in any court located in each such county.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-07-21 - SIGNED CHAP.173 [S06088 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6088
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   November 6, 2015
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       Introduced by Sens. LITTLE, MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to authorizing the Wash-
         ington  county correctional facility to also be used for the detention
         of persons under arrest  being  held  for  arraignment  in  any  court
         located in the county of Washington
         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-o to read as follows:
    3    2-O.  THE WASHINGTON COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY MAY ALSO BE USED FOR
    4  THE DETENTION OF PERSONS UNDER ARREST BEING HELD FOR ARRAIGNMENT IN  ANY
    5  COURT LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF WASHINGTON.
    6    S  2.  Section  500-c of the correction law is amended by adding a new
    7  subdivision 21 to read as follows:
    8    21. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, IN THE COUNTY OF WASH-
    9  INGTON 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 HAD BEEN JUDICIALLY COMMITTED  TO
   12  THE CUSTODY OF THE SHERIFF AND SUCH PERSON MAY BE HELD IN THE WASHINGTON
   13  COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
   14    S  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately; provided further, that
   15  the amendments to section 500-c of the correction law  made  by  section
   16  two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be
   17  deemed repealed therewith.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13032-01-5