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A08703 Summary:

BILL NO	A08703
SAME AS	SAME AS S07640
SPONSOR	Walczyk
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §112, Cor L
Requires the use of canines for contraband screening at correctional facilities housing one hundred or more inmates.

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A08703 Actions:

BILL NO	A08703
10/23/2019	referred to correction
01/08/2020	referred to correction
07/14/2020	held for consideration in correction

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A08703 Committee Votes:

Committee:CORRECTION   Chair:Weprin      
DATE:07/14/2020AYE/NAY:10/2  Action: Held for Consideration         
Weprin
Aye
Giglio
Nay
Ortiz
Aye
Finch
Excused
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Nay
Rozic
Aye
Davila
Aye
Mosley
Aye
Blake
Aye
Walker
Aye
De La Rosa
Aye
Quart
Aye

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A08703 Floor Votes:

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A08703 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8703
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    October 23, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        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 the  use  of  canines
          for contraband screening at certain correctional facilities
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 112 of the correction law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5.  The commissioner shall establish a contraband screening plan which
     4  shall include, but  not  be  limited  to,  the  use  of  a  leashed  and
     5  controlled  canine  trained to detect illegal drugs at each correctional
     6  facility housing one hundred or more inmates.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13858-01-9

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