Senate Bill S1209

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes the St. Lawrence county jail to be used for detention of persons under arrest being held for arraignment in any local court in the county of St. Lawrence

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

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S1209 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7030
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§500-a & 500-c, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S9037, A11247

2019-S1209 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the St. Lawrence county jail to be used for detention of persons under arrest being held for arraignment in any local court in the county of St. Lawrence.

2019-S1209 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1209 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1209
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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 authorizing the St.
   Lawrence county jail to be used for detention of persons under  arrest
   being  held  for  arraignment  in any local court in the county of St.
   Lawrence
 
   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 ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY JAIL MAY ALSO BE USED FOR  THE  DETENTION
 OF  PERSONS UNDER ARREST BEING HELD FOR ARRAIGNMENT IN ANY COURT LOCATED
 IN THE COUNTY OF ST. LAWRENCE.
   § 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 ST.
 LAWRENCE ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL EQUALLY APPLY  IN  ANY
 CASE  WHERE THE SHERIFF IS HOLDING A PERSON UNDER ARREST FOR ARRAIGNMENT
 PRIOR TO COMMITMENT, AS IF SUCH PERSON HAD BEEN JUDICIALLY COMMITTED  TO
 THE  CUSTODY  OF  THE  SHERIFF  AND  SUCH  PERSON MAY BE HELD IN THE ST.
 LAWRENCE COUNTY JAIL.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 the  amendments  to section 500-c of the correction law, made by section
 two of this act, shall not affect the repeal of such section  and  shall
 be deemed repealed therewith.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05049-01-9

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