Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A11247

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the St. Lawrence county jail to be used for detention of persons under arrest being held for arraignment in any local court in the county of St. Lawrence

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

2017-A11247 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9037
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§500-a & 500-c, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A7030, S1209

2017-A11247 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the St. Lawrence county jail to be used for detention of persons under arrest being held for arraignment in any local court in the county of St. Lawrence.

2017-A11247 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11247
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 18, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Jenne) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to authorizing  the  St.
   Lawrence  county jail to be used for detention of persons under arrest
   being held for arraignment in any local court in  the  county  of  St.
   Lawrence

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 500-a of the correction law is amended by adding  a
 new subdivision 2-s to read as follows:
   2-S.  THE  ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY JAIL MAY ALSO BE USED FOR THE DETENTION
 OF PERSONS UNDER ARREST BEING HELD FOR ARRAIGNMENT IN ANY COURT  LOCATED
 IN THE COUNTY OF ST. LAWRENCE.
   §  2.  Section  500-c of the correction law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 25 to read as follows:
   25. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, IN THE COUNTY  OF  ST.
 LAWRENCE  ALL  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL EQUALLY APPLY IN ANY
 CASE WHERE THE SHERIFF IS HOLDING A PERSON UNDER ARREST FOR  ARRAIGNMENT
 PRIOR  TO COMMITMENT, AS IF SUCH PERSON HAD BEEN JUDICIALLY COMMITTED TO
 THE CUSTODY OF THE SHERIFF AND SUCH  PERSON  MAY  BE  HELD  IN  THE  ST.
 LAWRENCE COUNTY JAIL.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to section 500-c of the correction law, made  by  section
 two  of  this act, shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall
 be deemed repealed therewith.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16113-03-8

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.