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Assembly Bill A6232

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for the employment of inmates in the county of Nassau to clean up property that has been damaged by graffiti

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2009-A6232 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง172, Cor L

2009-A6232 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the employment of inmates in the county of Nassau to clean up property that has been damaged by graffiti; provides that such clean up may take place on private property with the consent of the owner of such property.

2009-A6232 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6232

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 26, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. BARRA, WALKER -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation  to  the  employment  of
  inmates in the county of Nassau to clean up property damaged by graff-
  iti

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new  section  172
to read as follows:
  S  172.  LABOR OF INMATES; GRAFFITI CLEAN UP; NASSAU COUNTY.  NOTWITH-
STANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  COOPERATION
WITH  THE  NASSAU  COUNTY  GRAFFITI  TASK FORCE MAY CAUSE INMATES IN THE
NASSAU COUNTY JAIL IN THE COUNTY OF NASSAU WHO  ARE  PHYSICALLY  CAPABLE
THEREOF  TO  BE EMPLOYED FOR NOT TO EXCEED EIGHT HOURS OF EACH DAY OTHER
THAN SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLEANING UP PROPERTY
WITHIN THE COUNTY OF NASSAU WHICH HAS BEEN  DAMAGED  BY  GRAFFITI.  SUCH
CLEAN  UP  SHALL  INCLUDE  THE  CLEAN  UP OF ANY PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND
PERSONAL, WHETHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE IN NATURE, THAT HAS BEEN DAMAGED  BY
GRAFFITI;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT PRIOR TO UNDERTAKING THE CLEAN UP OF
GRAFFITI ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL OBTAIN THE  WRITTEN
CONSENT OF ALL OWNERS OF SUCH PRIVATE PROPERTY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08030-01-9

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