Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 29, 2019 |
enacting clause stricken referred to correction |
Assembly Bill A7960
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
LENTOL
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-A7960 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- County Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §217, County L; amd §500-a, Cor L
2019-A7960 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7960 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the county law and the correction law, in relation to regional jails being considered county jails THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 217 of the county law is amended to read as follows: § 217. County jail. 1. Each county shall continue to maintain a county jail as prescribed by law. 2. A SET OF CONTIGUOUS COUNTIES MAY ESTABLISH A REGIONAL JAIL TO BE MAINTAINED BY SUCH COUNTIES AND WHICH MAY BE USED TO BOARD INMATES FROM SUCH COUNTIES. ALL REGIONAL JAILS SHALL BE CONSIDERED COUNTY JAILS FOR EACH COUNTY WHICH MAINTAINS THE FACILITY AND BOARDS INMATES AT THE FACILITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY SECTION OF LAW. § 2. Section 500-a of the correction law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 5. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ANY SET OF CONTIGUOUS COUNTIES MAY ESTABLISH A REGIONAL JAIL TO BE MAINTAINED BY SUCH COUNTIES AND WHICH MAY BE USED TO BOARD INMATES FROM SUCH COUNTIES. ALL REGIONAL JAILS SHALL BE CONSIDERED COUNTY JAILS FOR EACH COUNTY WHICH MAINTAINS AND BOARDS INMATES AT THE FACILITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY SECTION OF LAW. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11983-01-9
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