S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
April 17, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Correction
AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to the effectiveness of
certain county-tribal detention agreements; and to amend chapter 213
of the laws of 2024 amending the correction law relating to the use of
certain county jails, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 853 of the county law, as added by chapter 213 of
the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
§ 853. Oneida County-tribal detention agreement. Notwithstanding any
other inconsistent provision of law, the agreement executed between the
county of Oneida and the Oneida Indian Nation executed on May twenty-
third, two thousand twenty-four, including, without limitation, the
provisions contained therein relating to confinement at the Oneida coun-
ty correctional facility of incarcerated adults remanded by the Oneida
Indian Nation court, shall, upon its effective date [and continuing for
three years thereafter], be deemed approved, ratified, validated and
confirmed by the legislature. It is the intention of the legislature in
enacting this section to ensure that the agreement be fully enforceable
in all respects as to the rights, benefits, responsibilities and privi-
leges of all parties under the agreement.
§ 2. Section 854 of the county law, as added by chapter 213 of the
laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
§ 854. Madison county-tribal detention agreement. Notwithstanding any
other inconsistent provision of law, the agreement executed between the
county of Madison and the Oneida Indian Nation executed on May twenty-
eighth, two thousand twenty-four, including, without limitation, the
provisions contained therein relating to confinement at the Madison
county correctional facility of incarcerated adults remanded by the
Oneida Indian Nation court, shall, upon its effective date [and continu-
ing for two years thereafter], be deemed approved, ratified, validated
and confirmed by the legislature. It is the intention of the legislature
in enacting this section to ensure that the agreement be fully enforcea-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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