STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7960 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the county law and the correction law, in relation to regional jails being considered county jails The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 217 of the county law is amended to read as 2 follows: 3 § 217. County jail. 1. Each county shall continue to maintain a county 4 jail as prescribed by law. 5 2. A set of contiguous counties may establish a regional jail to be 6 maintained by such counties and which may be used to board inmates from 7 such counties. All regional jails shall be considered county jails for 8 each county which maintains the facility and boards inmates at the 9 facility for the purposes of any section of law. 10 § 2. Section 500-a of the correction law is amended by adding a new 11 subdivision 5 to read as follows: 12 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any set of contiguous 13 counties may establish a regional jail to be maintained by such counties 14 and which may be used to board inmates from such counties. All regional 15 jails shall be considered county jails for each county which maintains 16 and boards inmates at the facility for the purposes of any section of 17 law. 18 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11983-01-9