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Requires that notice be given to correctional facility annexes and special housing units upon closure
In Assembly Committee · Correction · Sponsor RoAnn Destito
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Title of bill
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to closure of facilities
Purpose or general idea of bill
To ensure that special housing units and correctional facility annexes receive the same 12-month notification by the commissioner of corrections that general facility closures receive.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends section 79-a of the correction law, as amended by section 1 of part H of the Chapter 56 of the laws of 2009 to read as follows:
Before the closure of any correctional facility, which for purposes of this section shall include a correctional facility annex, or any special housing unit established to confine inmates in accordance with the provisions of subdivision six of section one hundred thirty-seven of this chapter.
Section 2 provides that the act shall take effect immediately.
Justification
Under current law, the commissioner of corrections must give notice of a correctional facility closure 12 months prior to such closure, and provide for a plan of adaptive reuse of the facility 6 months prior to closure. Through an unforeseen loop-hole in the law, this notification is not applied to correctional facility annexes and special housing units upon closure. This legislation would correct this inequity to make sure that adequate time is being provided for these corrections employees, their families, their communities and the local economies when annexes, special units are being closed.
Prior legislative history
2009: New
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
Undetermined at this time.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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