Relates to authorizing the Orleans 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 Orleans.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10106--A
IN ASSEMBLY
May 11, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Correction -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to authorizing the Orle-
ans 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 Orleans
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-o to read as follows:
3 2-o. The Orleans 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 Orleans.
6 § 2. Section 500-c of the correction law is amended by adding a new
7 subdivision 21 to read as follows:
8 21. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the county of Orle-
9 ans 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 Orleans 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17 deemed repealed therewith.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.
LBD15226-03-6
