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Senator · Senate District 45
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Signed chap.173
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.174
- Substituted for A8596A
- Referred to correction
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–1
- Amended on third reading (t) 6088a
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
Show 3 earlier actions
- 1st report cal.442
- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
- Referred to rules
Companion bill
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Authorizes the Washington and Essex county correctional facilities to also be used for the detention of persons under arrest being held for arraignment in any court located in each such county
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Carrie Woerner
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to authorizing the Washington county correctional facility to also be used for the detention of persons under arrest being held for arraignment in any court located in the county of Washington and authorizing the Essex county correctional facility to also be used for the detention of persons under arrest being held for arraignment in any court located in the county of Essex
Purpose
Authorizes the Washington and Essex county correctional facilities to also be used for the detention of persons under arrest being held for arraignment in any court located in each county.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 - Amends Section 500-a of the Correction Law by adding subdivision 2-o that allows the Washington County jail to detain persons under arrest being held for arraignment in any court in Washington County; also adds subdivision 2-p allowing the Essex county correctional facility to also be used for the detention of persons under arrest being help for arraignment in any court located in the county of Essex.
Section 2 - Amends Section 500-c of the Correction Law by adding a subdivision 21 to provide that in Washington county all provisions of the section shall apply equally in any case where the sheriff is holding a person under arrest for arraignment prior to commitment as if such person had been judicially committed to the custody of the sheriff and such person may be held in the Washington county correctional facility; also adds subdivision 22 to provide that in Essex county all provisions of the section shall apply equally in any case where the sheriff is holding a person under arrest for arraignment prior to commitment as if such person had been judicially committed to the custody of the sheriff and such person may be held in the Essex county correctional facility.
Section 3 is the effective date.
Justification
Washington County is a rural county whose population is dispersed over a large geographic area served by twenty-five (25) local courts and nine (9) law enforcement agencies. The Washington County Sheriff is requesting legislation, which would permit the use of the Washington County jail by various police agencies as a holding cell for pre-arraigned prisoners, allowing for the best utilization of county resources and staff allocations. This legislation will assist the County of Washington in its continuing efforts to insure that counsel for all parties are present at all crucial proceedings including the arraignment and other initial appearances.
Legislative history
New bill
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately; provided further, that the amendments to section 500-c of the correction law, as made by section two of this act, shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
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