Bill Text: NY S06984 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the detaining in the Orange county correctional facility of persons awaiting arraignment or appearance in any local court in the county of Orange.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-21 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S06984 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06984-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6984
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 19, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LARKIN -- 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 use
         of the Orange  county  correctional  facility  for  the  detention  of
         persons under arrest being held for arraignment or appearance
         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-l to read as follows:
    3    2-L.  THE ORANGE COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY MAY ALSO BE USED FOR THE
    4  DETENTION OF PERSONS UNDER ARREST BEING HELD FOR ARRAIGNMENT OR  APPEAR-
    5  ANCE IN ANY COURT LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE.
    6    S  2.  Section  500-c of the correction law is amended by adding a new
    7  subdivision 18 to read as follows:
    8    18. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION  OF  LAW,  IN  THE  COUNTY  OF
    9  ORANGE  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  OR APPEARANCE PRIOR TO COMMITMENT, AS IF SUCH PERSON HAS BEEN JUDICIALLY
   12  COMMITTED  TO  THE CUSTODY OF THE SHERIFF AND SUCH PERSON MAY BE HELD IN
   13  THE ORANGE COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
   14    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the  amend-
   15  ment to section 500-c of the correction law, made by section two of this
   16  act,  shall not affect the repeal of such section pursuant to section 12
   17  of chapter 907 of the laws of 1984, as  amended,  and  shall  be  deemed
   18  repealed therewith.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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