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Assembly Bill A7968A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes Greene county to enter into an agreement with a contiguous county to share the construction, financing, improvement, maintenance and/or housing of certain persons of a county jail

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2019-A7968 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6267
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Greene County
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3511
2023-2024: S1666

2019-A7968 - Summary

Authorizes Greene county to enter into an agreement with a contiguous county to share the construction, financing, improvement, maintenance and/or housing of persons in the custody of the sheriff of a county jail.

2019-A7968 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7968
 
                        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 in relation to authorizing Greene county to enter into an agree-
   ment with a contiguous county to share  the  construction,  financing,
   improvement and/or maintenance of a county jail

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. (a) Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  law,
 Greene  county  may  enter into an agreement with a contiguous county to
 share the construction, financing, improvement and/or maintenance  of  a
 county  jail. Any such shared county jail shall be physically located in
 Greene county or such contiguous county. Any agreement made pursuant  to
 this  section  shall be in accordance with the provisions of article 5-G
 of the general municipal law. For the purposes of this section, the term
 "contiguous county" shall, with respect to counties,  mean  and  include
 "contiguous" as described (with respect to towns and villages) in subdi-
 vision 4 of section 750 of the general municipal law.
   (b) A shared county jail established pursuant to this section shall be
 considered  the  county jail of Greene county and such contiguous county
 for the purposes of any relevant provision of law and  be  considered  a
 local  correctional  facility, as such term is defined in subdivision 16
 of section 2 of the correction law, for all purposes.
   (c) For purposes of subdivision 2 of section 70.20 of  the  penal  law
 and  any  other relevant provision of the criminal procedure law and any
 other law, such shared county jail shall be considered to be located  in
 Greene  county  and  such contiguous county and be considered the county
 jail of the county for all courts located  in  Greene  county  and  such
 contiguous  county.    Further,  a person taken into custody pursuant to
 paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 259-i of the executive law may
 be incarcerated in such shared county jail for an  arrest  occurring  in
 Greene county or such contiguous county and, if a local revocation hear-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2019-A7968A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6267
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Greene County
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3511
2023-2024: S1666

2019-A7968A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Greene county to enter into an agreement with a contiguous county to share the construction, financing, improvement, maintenance and/or housing of persons in the custody of the sheriff of a county jail.

2019-A7968A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7968--A
 
                        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 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT in relation to authorizing Greene county to enter into an agree-
   ment with a contiguous county to share  the  construction,  financing,
   improvement,  maintenance  and/or housing of persons in the custody of
   the sheriff of a county jail
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  (a)  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent provision of law,
 Greene county may enter into an agreement with a  contiguous  county  to
 share the construction, financing, improvement, maintenance and/or hous-
 ing  of persons in the custody of the sheriff of a county jail. Any such
 shared county jail shall be physically located in Greene county or  such
 contiguous  county. Any agreement made pursuant to this section shall be
 in accordance with the provisions of article 5-G of the general  munici-
 pal  law. For the purposes of this section, the term "contiguous county"
 shall, with respect  to  counties,  mean  and  include  "contiguous"  as
 described  (with  respect  to  towns  and  villages) in subdivision 4 of
 section 750 of the general municipal law.
   (b) A shared county jail established pursuant to this section shall be
 considered the county jail of Greene county and such  contiguous  county
 for  the  purposes  of any relevant provision of law and be considered a
 local correctional facility, as such term is defined in  subdivision  16
 of section 2 of the correction law, for all purposes.
   (c)  For  purposes  of subdivision 2 of section 70.20 of the penal law
 and any other relevant provision of the criminal procedure law  and  any
 other  law, such shared county jail shall be considered to be located in
 Greene county and such contiguous county and be  considered  the  county
 jail  of  the  county  for  all courts located in Greene county and such
 contiguous county.  Further, a person taken  into  custody  pursuant  to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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