Bill Text: NY A08335 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to authorizing the Otsego county jail to also be used for the detention of persons under arrest being held for arraignment in any court located in the county of Otsego.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-06-21 - substituted by s6623 [A08335 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08335-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8335
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      June 8, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Correction
        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to authorizing the Otse-
          go county jail to also be used for  the  detention  of  persons  under
          arrest  being  held for arraignment in any court located in the county
          of Otsego
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 500-a of the correction law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 2-r to read as follows:
     3    2-r. The Otsego county jail may also be  used  for  the  detention  of
     4  persons  under arrest being held for arraignment in any court located in
     5  the county of Otsego.
     6    § 2. Section 500-c of the correction law is amended by  adding  a  new
     7  subdivision 24 to read as follows:
     8    24. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the county of Otse-
     9  go  all  the  provisions of this section shall equally apply in any case
    10  where the sheriff is holding a person under arrest for arraignment prior
    11  to commitment, as if such person had been judicially  committed  to  the
    12  custody  of the sheriff and such person may be held in the Otsego county
    13  jail.
    14    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately;  provided  further,  that
    15  the  amendments  to  section 500-c of the correction law made by section
    16  two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be
    17  deemed repealed therewith.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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