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Assembly Bill A4896

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires parole violators in the counties of Jefferson, Oswego, and Saint Lawrence to be transferred to state correctional facilities after 10 days in a local correctional facility

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2019-A4896 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §23-a, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7933
2015-2016: A5210
2017-2018: A4629
2021-2022: A4211

2019-A4896 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires parole violators in the counties of Jefferson, Oswego, and Saint Lawrence to be transferred to state correctional facilities after 10 days in a local correctional facility.

2019-A4896 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4896
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BLANKENBUSH, FINCH, GIGLIO, CROUCH -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to parole  violators  in
   Jefferson,  Oswego, and Saint Lawrence counties; and providing for the
   repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

   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 23-a
 to read as follows:
   § 23-A. TRANSFER OF PAROLE VIOLATORS. 1.  IN THE COUNTIES  OF  JEFFER-
 SON,  OSWEGO,  AND  ST.  LAWRENCE, IF ANY PERSON PRESUMPTIVELY RELEASED,
 PAROLED, CONDITIONALLY RELEASED, RELEASED TO  POST-RELEASE  SUPERVISION,
 OR  RECEIVED  UNDER THE UNIFORM ACT FOR OUT-OF-STATE PAROLEE SUPERVISION
 SHALL HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR VIOLATING ONE OR MORE CONDITIONS OF HIS  OR
 HER  PRESUMPTIVE  RELEASE,  PAROLE,  CONDITIONAL RELEASE OR POST-RELEASE
 SUPERVISION, SUCH PERSON, AFTER TEN BUSINESS DAYS IN ANY  LOCAL  CORREC-
 TIONAL FACILITY, SHALL EITHER BE:
   A.  TRANSFERRED  TO  A STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, WITH THE COSTS AND
 RESPONSIBILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH TRANSFER BORNE BY  THE  DEPARTMENT
 PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER; OR
   B.  KEPT  IN SUCH LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, WITH THE COUNTY'S COSTS
 OF SUCH TEMPORARY DETAINMENT REIMBURSED BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  WHERE  SUCH
 PERSON  HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A PAROLE VIOLATION AND A SENTENCE HAS BEEN
 PRONOUNCED WHICH REQUIRES THAT HE OR SHE BE COMMITTED TO THE CUSTODY  OF
 THE COMMISSIONER.
   2.  THE  PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY
 IF THE APPROPRIATE COURT GRANTS AN EXTENSION AUTHORIZING THE DETAINEE TO
 REMAIN IN THE LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY FOR  UP  TO  TWENTY  DAYS  PER
 EXTENSION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it  shall  have  become  a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed 2
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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