Authorizes the St. Lawrence county jail to be used for detention of persons under arrest being held for arraignment in any local court in the county of St. Lawrence.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7030
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 3, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. WALCZYK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Correction
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to authorizing the St.
Lawrence county jail to be used for detention of persons under arrest
being held for arraignment in any local court in the county of St.
Lawrence
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-t to read as follows:
3 2-t. The St. Lawrence county jail may also be used for the detention
4 of persons under arrest being held for arraignment in any court located
5 in the county of St. Lawrence.
6 § 2. Section 500-c of the correction law is amended by adding a new
7 subdivision 26 to read as follows:
8 26. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the county of St.
9 Lawrence all the provisions of this section shall equally apply in any
10 case where the sheriff is holding a person under arrest for arraignment
11 prior to commitment, as if such person had been judicially committed to
12 the custody of the sheriff and such person may be held in the St.
13 Lawrence county jail.
14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, 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
17 be deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05049-01-9
