| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Feb 03, 2020 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
Senate Bill S7640
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
2019-S7640 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S7640 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7640
SPONSOR: RITCHIE
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to the use of canines
for contraband screening at certain correctional facilities
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This legislation would ensure that every Correctional Facility in New
York with a minimum of one hundred inmates to have a drug sniffing
canine.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill amends the Correction Law, to ensure that correc-
tional facilities with at least one hundred inmates have a drug sniffing
canine on site.
Section 2 sets the effective date.
2019-S7640 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
7640
I N S E N A T E
February 3, 2020
___________
Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- 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 the use of canines
for contraband screening at certain correctional facilities
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 112 of the correction law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
5. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A CONTRABAND SCREENING PLAN WHICH
SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE USE OF A LEASHED AND
CONTROLLED CANINE TRAINED TO DETECT ILLEGAL DRUGS AT EACH CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY HOUSING ONE HUNDRED OR MORE INMATES.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13858-01-9
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