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History
- Signed chap.346
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.738
- Substituted for A9520
- Referred to correction
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 58–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.777
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- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
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Relates to the Jefferson county correctional facility
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Addie Jenne
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BILL NUMBER:S7138
Title of bill
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to the Jefferson county correctional facility
Purpose
This act will amend the Correction Law to allow the Jefferson County Correctional Facility to hold persons who are under arrest and awaiting their arraignment.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends Section 500-a of the Correction Law by adding a new Subdivision 2-m to permit the Jefferson County Correctional Facility to be used for the detention of persons who are under arrest and being held for arraignment in any court in Jefferson County.
Section 2 amends Section 500-c of the Correction Law by adding a new Subdivision 19 to permit persons under arrest and awaiting their arraignment to be held at the Jefferson County Correctional Facility by the Jefferson County Sheriff.
Section 3 provides the effective date.
Justification
Since its construction in 1992, the Jefferson County Correctional Facility has held persons under arrest who are awaiting their arraignment in any court located in Jefferson County. But, unknown to Jefferson County and the municipalities within the County, this arrangement requires permission from the State. Therefore, legislation is necessary to grant such permission and allow the practice to continue. This legislation will amend the Correction Law to provide Jefferson County with the authority to hold persons under arrest who are awaiting their arraignment. It will formally enact in law what has been done in Jefferson County for over two decades.
This arrangement is an example of Jefferson County sharing a resource with the municipalities in their county. When the Jefferson County Correctional Facility was constructed in 1992 it was determined to be in the best interest of the County and the municipalities to share the Correctional Facility. Therefore, the County agreed to hold persons who are arrested and are awaiting arraignment in the County. This legislation continues that policy by amending the Correction Law to permit the Jefferson County Correctional Facility to hold such individuals for the municipalities in Jefferson County.
Similar legislation has been enacted fourteen times before to allow other upstate counties facing a similar situation to use their county correctional facility to house persons under arrest who are awaiting their arraignment.
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Fiscal implications
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Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amendment to section 500-c of the correction law, made by section two of this act, shall not affect the repeal of such section pursuant to section 12 of chapter 907 of the laws of 1984, as amended, and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
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