S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4881
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 8, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. DE LA ROSA, DICKENS, GOTTFRIED, WEPRIN, COLTON,
WALKER, REYES, COOK, AUBRY, HUNTER, BARRON -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Correction
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to available transporta-
tion for correction facility visitation
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 138-b
to read as follows:
§ 138-B. VISITOR TRANSPORTATION. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INMATE VISIT-
ING PROGRAM, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR VISITORS TO
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES ON A REGULAR BASIS, BUT NO LESS THAN BIMONTHLY,
AT NO COST TO VISITORS. TRANSPORTATION SHALL BE PROVIDED FROM THE CITY
OF NEW YORK, ROCHESTER, SYRACUSE, BUFFALO AND ALBANY TO CORRECTIONAL
FACILITIES, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER. INFORMATION CONCERNING
TRANSPORTATION SHALL BE POSTED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S PUBLIC WEBSITE, AND
SHALL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE TELEPHONE NUMBER DESIGNATED, PURSUANT TO
SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT-A OF THIS ARTICLE. NOTICE OF AVAILABLE
TRANSPORTATION SHALL BE PROVIDED TO INMATES UPON RECEPTION AND UPON
TRANSFER TO A NEW CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
§ 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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