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A04881 Summary:

BILL NOA04881
 
SAME ASSAME AS S04956
 
SPONSORDe La Rosa
 
COSPNSRDickens, Gottfried, Weprin, Colton, Walker, Reyes, Cook, Aubry, Hunter, Barron
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §138-b, Cor L
 
Relates to available transportation for correction facility visitation; provides for at a minimum, bi-monthly free transportation from the city of New York, Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo and Albany.
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A04881 Actions:

BILL NOA04881
 
02/08/2021referred to correction
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A04881 Committee Votes:

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A04881 Floor Votes:

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A04881 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4881
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 8, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. DE LA ROSA, DICKENS, GOTTFRIED, WEPRIN, COLTON,
          WALKER, REYES, COOK, AUBRY, HUNTER, BARRON -- read once  and  referred
          to the Committee on Correction
 
        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to available transporta-
          tion for correction facility visitation

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 138-b
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 138-b. Visitor transportation. In conjunction with the inmate visit-
     4  ing program, the department shall provide transportation for visitors to
     5  correctional facilities on a regular basis, but no less than  bimonthly,
     6  at  no  cost to visitors. Transportation shall be provided from the city
     7  of New York, Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo  and  Albany  to  correctional
     8  facilities,  as  determined  by the commissioner. Information concerning
     9  transportation shall be posted on the department's public  website,  and
    10  shall  be  available  from  the telephone number designated, pursuant to
    11  section one hundred thirty-eight-a of this article. Notice of  available
    12  transportation  shall  be  provided  to  inmates upon reception and upon
    13  transfer to a new correctional facility.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
    15  law.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08401-01-1
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