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History
- Substituted by A10061
- Ordered to third reading cal.1413
- Referred to rules
Companion bill
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Relates to inmate labor for non-profit organizations
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Jeffrion Aubry
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BILL NUMBER:S8317
Title of bill
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to inmate labor for non-profit organizations
Purpose or general idea of bill
The bill authorizes inmates in state and local correctional facilities to voluntarily perform work for non-profit organizations.
Summary of specific provisions
This bill would allow inmates in state and local correctional facilities to leave the institution under guard to voluntarily perform work for non-profit organizations. "Nonprofit organizations" means an organization operated exclusively for religious, charitable or educational purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
Justification
The correction law currently allows inmates to perform work for the state and public institutions but does not allow them to provide work for nonprofit organizations. Until now, current law was limited because section 24 of article 3 of the New York State Constitution forbade the "farming out, contracting, giving away or selling of convict labor." However, the New York Constitution was amended in 2009 to permit the legislature, by law, to allow inmates to voluntarily perform work for nonprofits. This legislation is the enactment of the constitutional amendment and would allow inmate work crews to perform work for non-profit organization.
Many localities have requested that an exemption be made for nonprofit organizations who are often underfunded and do not have the resources to . adequately maintain their property. Allowing inmate work crews to provide labor to these organizations will help fill the gap in funding and could give inmates a sense of "giving back" to the community.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediate.
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