Assembly Bill A7385

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to persons authorized to visit correctional facilities

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A7385 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4929
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §146, Cor L

2013-A7385 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes any employee of the department of corrections and community supervision to visit correctional institutions as requested by member of the legislature if the member requests to be so accompanied.

2013-A7385 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7385

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 14, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. RUSSELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to persons authorized to
  visit correctional facilities

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section 146 of the correction law, as
amended by chapter 291 of the laws  of  2009,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  The following persons shall be authorized to visit at pleasure all
correctional facilities: The governor and  lieutenant-governor,  commis-
sioner  of  general services, secretary of state, comptroller and attor-
ney-general, members of the commission of  correction,  members  of  the
legislature  AND  ANY  EMPLOYEE  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT AS REQUESTED BY THE
MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE IF THE MEMBER REQUESTS TO BE  SO  ACCOMPANIED,
PROVIDED THAT SUCH REQUEST DOES NOT IMPACT UPON THE DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY
TO  SUPERVISE,  MANAGE  AND  CONTROL ITS FACILITIES AS DETERMINED BY THE
COMMISSIONER, judges of the court of appeals, supreme court  and  county
judges,  district  attorneys  and  every  clergyman or minister, as such
terms are defined in section two  of  the  religious  corporations  law,
having  charge of a congregation in the county wherein any such facility
is situated. No other person not otherwise authorized by  law  shall  be
permitted  to  enter  a correctional facility except by authority of the
commissioner of correction under such regulations  as  the  commissioner
shall  prescribe. The provisions of this section shall not apply to such
portion of a correctional facility in which inmates  under  sentence  of
death are confined.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10716-01-3

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