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Assembly Bill A5959

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes the detaining in the Orange county correctional facility of persons awaiting arraignment or appearance in any local court in the county of Orange

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2019-A5959 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4270
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§500-a & 500-c, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S1640

2019-A5959 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the detaining in the Orange county correctional facility of persons awaiting arraignment or appearance in any local court in the county of Orange.

2019-A5959 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5959
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to authorizing  the  use
   of  the  Orange  county  correctional  facility  for  the detention of
   persons under arrest being held for arraignment or appearance

   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-t to read as follows:
   2-T. THE ORANGE COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY MAY ALSO BE USED FOR  THE
 DETENTION  OF PERSONS UNDER ARREST BEING HELD FOR ARRAIGNMENT OR APPEAR-
 ANCE IN ANY COURT LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE.
   § 2. Section 500-c of the correction law is amended by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 26 to read as follows:
   26.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW, IN THE COUNTY OF
 ORANGE ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL  EQUALLY  APPLY  IN  ANY
 CASE  WHERE THE SHERIFF IS HOLDING A PERSON UNDER ARREST FOR ARRAIGNMENT
 OR APPEARANCE 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 ORANGE COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
   §  3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amend-
 ment to section 500-c of the correction law, made by section two of this
 act, shall not affect the repeal of such section pursuant to section  12
 of  chapter  907  of  the  laws of 1984, as amended, and shall be deemed
 repealed therewith.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09934-01-9

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