Bill Text: NY A02640 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2640 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An act to amend the correction law, in relation to the investigation of sexual harassment complaints made by inmates

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to correction [A02640 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A02640-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2640
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 21, 2009
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW, CLARK, GALEF, JOHN, WEINSTEIN, GREENE --
         Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, ORTIZ, PHEFFER --
         read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
       AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the investigation  of
         sexual harassment complaints made by inmates
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 139 of the correction law is amended  by  adding  a
    2  new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
    3    7. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW OR RULE TO THE CONTRARY,
    4  ANY  GRIEVANCE  MADE  BY  AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT
    5  ALLEGING SEXUAL HARASSMENT AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE OF THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL
    6  BE  INVESTIGATED  BY  THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDA-
    7  TIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL BE FINAL AND  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL
    8  TAKE  THE  NECESSARY AND REQUIRED ACTIONS TO IMPLEMENT SUCH FINDINGS AND
    9  RECOMMENDATIONS.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   11  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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