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Senate Bill S1666

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes Greene county to enter into an agreement with a contiguous county to share the construction, financing, improvement and/or maintenance of a county jail

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2023-S1666 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Greene County
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6267
2021-2022: S3511

2023-S1666 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Greene county to enter into an agreement with a contiguous county to share the construction, financing, improvement and/or maintenance of a county jail.

2023-S1666 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1666 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1666
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. BAILEY, BRESLIN, MYRIE, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Local Government
 
 AN  ACT in relation to authorizing Greene county to enter into an agree-
   ment with a contiguous county to share  the  construction,  financing,
   improvement,  maintenance  and/or housing of persons in the custody of
   the sheriff of a county jail
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  (a)  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent provision of law,
 Greene county may enter into an agreement with a  contiguous  county  to
 share the construction, financing, improvement, maintenance and/or hous-
 ing  of persons in the custody of the sheriff of a county jail. Any such
 shared county jail shall be physically located in Greene county or  such
 contiguous  county. Any agreement made pursuant to this section shall be
 in accordance with the provisions of article 5-G of the general  munici-
 pal  law. For the purposes of this section, the term "contiguous county"
 shall, with respect  to  counties,  mean  and  include  "contiguous"  as
 described  (with  respect  to  towns  and  villages) in subdivision 4 of
 section 750 of the general municipal law.
   (b) A shared county jail established pursuant to this section shall be
 considered the county jail of Greene county and such  contiguous  county
 for  the  purposes  of any relevant provision of law and be considered a
 local correctional facility, as such term is defined in  subdivision  16
 of section 2 of the correction law, for all purposes.
   (c)  For  purposes  of subdivision 2 of section 70.20 of the penal law
 and any other relevant provision of the criminal procedure law  and  any
 other  law, such shared county jail shall be considered to be located in
 Greene county and such contiguous county and be  considered  the  county
 jail  of  the  county  for  all courts located in Greene county and such
 contiguous county.  Further, a person taken  into  custody  pursuant  to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05080-01-3

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