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A10957 Summary:

BILL NO	A10957
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Rules (Weprin)
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §607, Cor L
Authorizes the commissioner to place certain prisoners in home confinement during a declared state of emergency if such state of emergency conditions materially affect the functioning of the department of corrections and community supervision.

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A10957 Actions:

BILL NO	A10957
09/09/2020	referred to correction

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A10957 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10957
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    September 9, 2020
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        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Weprin) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
 
        AN ACT to amend the correction law,  in  relation  to  authorizing  home
          confinement for certain prisoners during a declared state of emergency
 
          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  607
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  607.  Home  confinement authority. 1. For purposes of this section,
     4  "covered emergency period" shall mean the period beginning on  the  date
     5  on  which  a  state disaster emergency has been declared by the governor
     6  pursuant to article two-B of the executive law and ending  on  the  date
     7  that is thirty days after the date on which such state disaster emergen-
     8  cy has been lifted.
     9    2. During a covered emergency period, if the commissioner shall deter-
    10  mine that emergency conditions will materially affect the functioning of
    11  the  department,  the commissioner shall have the authority to place any
    12  prisoner in home confinement for a period of time that the  commissioner
    13  deems appropriate.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD17142-01-0

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