Bill Text: NY S04518 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to authorizing the Schenectady 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 Schenectady.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-18 - SUBSTITUTED BY A6527 [S04518 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04518-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4518
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 25, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. AMEDORE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
         Correction
       AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to authorizing the Sche-
         nectady 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 Schenectady
         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-n to read as follows:
    3    2-N. THE SCHENECTADY 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 SCHENECTADY.
    6    S  2.  Section  500-c of the correction law is amended by adding a new
    7  subdivision 20 to read as follows:
    8    20. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, IN THE COUNTY OF SCHE-
    9  NECTADY 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 SCHENECTA-
   13  DY 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.
                                                                  LBD10160-01-5