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Assembly Bill A5444

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes the Schuyler correctional facility to also be used for the detention of persons under arrest and being held for arraignment in any court located in the county of Schuyler

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2023-A5444 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§500-a & 500-c, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7704
2021-2022: A4968
2025-2026: A6848

2023-A5444 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the Schuyler correctional facility to also be used for the detention of persons under arrest and being held for arraignment in any court located in the county of Schuyler.

2023-A5444 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5444
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PALMESANO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction  law,  in  relation  to  authorizing  the
   Schuyler  correctional  facility  to also be used for the detention of
   persons under arrest and being  held  for  arraignment  in  any  court
   located in the county of Schuyler

   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-u to read as follows:
   2-U.  THE  SCHUYLER  COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY MAY ALSO BE USED FOR
 THE DETENTION OF PERSONS UNDER ARREST BEING HELD FOR ARRAIGNMENT IN  ANY
 COURT LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF SCHUYLER.
   §  2.  Section  500-c of the correction law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 27 to read as follows:
   27. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION  OF  LAW,  IN  THE  COUNTY  OF
 SCHUYLER,  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 HAS BEEN JUDICIALLY COMMITTED TO
 THE CUSTODY OF THE SHERIFF AND SUCH PERSON MAY BE HELD IN  THE  SCHUYLER
 COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
   §  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.
                                                            LBD08461-01-3

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