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Senate Bill S3473

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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2019-S3473 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6088
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §26, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S1051, A1413
2023-2024: S1744, A5134
2025-2026: S1692, A2592

2019-S3473 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions; provides that items for sale at a commissary or canteen shall be sold for market value; and provides that money placed into an inmate's commissary or canteen account or fund shall only be used for purchasing items or goods.

2019-S3473 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3473 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3473
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  RAMOS,  BAILEY,  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Crime
   Victims, Crime and Correction
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  correction  law, in relation to commissaries or
   canteens in correctional institutions

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 26 of the correction law, as amended by chapter 487
 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   §  26.  [Establishment  of  commissaries]  COMMISSARIES or canteens in
 correctional institutions. 1. The commissioner may authorize the head of
 any institution in the department to establish a commissary or a canteen
 in such institution for the use and benefit of inmates.   ITEMS SOLD  AT
 THE  COMMISSARY  OR CANTEEN SHALL BE SOLD AT THE CURRENT MARKET RATE FOR
 SUCH ITEMS, AS BASED UPON THE COST OF SIMILAR ITEMS FOR SALE IN THE SAME
 REGION AS THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. The moneys received by the head  of
 the  institution  as profits from the sales of the commissary or canteen
 shall be deposited in a special fund to be known as  the  commissary  or
 canteen  fund  and  such funds shall be used for the general purposes of
 the institution subject to the provisions of section fifty-three of  the
 state finance law.
   2.  MONEY  PLACED INTO THE COMMISSARY OR CANTEEN ACCOUNT OR FUND OF AN
 INMATE SHALL ONLY BE USED BY THE INMATE FOR PURCHASES AT SUCH COMMISSARY
 OR CANTEEN. NO FUNDS SHALL BE REMOVED FROM  AN  INMATE'S  COMMISSARY  OR
 CANTEEN ACCOUNT OR FUND FOR A VIOLATION, AS A PENALTY, OR FOR ANY REASON
 OTHER THAN A PURCHASE AT SUCH COMMISSARY OR CANTEEN.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09700-01-9

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