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Assembly Bill A9578

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the Saratoga county correctional facility

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2017-A9578 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§500-a & 500-c, Cor L

2017-A9578 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the Saratoga county correctional facility; permits the Saratoga county sheriff and correctional facility to hold detained persons between arrest and arraignment.

2017-A9578 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9578
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the  Saratoga  county
   correctional facility
 
   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  SARATOGA  COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY MAY ALSO BE USED FOR
 THE DETENTION OF PERSONS UNDER ARREST BEING HELD FOR ARRAIGNMENT IN  ANY
 COURT LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF SARATOGA.
   §  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 SARA-
 TOGA 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 HAS BEEN JUDICIALLY COMMITTED TO THE
 CUSTODY OF THE SHERIFF AND SUCH PERSON MAY BE HELD IN THE SARATOGA COUN-
 TY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
   § 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 deemed repealed therewith.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.
                                                            LBD14172-01-8

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