STATE OF NEW YORK
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9186--A
IN ASSEMBLY
February 12, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. DILAN, DICKENS, TAYLOR, WALKER, DAVILA, ARDILA,
HYNDMAN, LUCAS, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing for the
return of any identification materials to an individual upon release
from custody
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 125 of the correction law, as
2 amended by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 1. The superintendent, or an employee covered by bond who is desig-
5 nated by the superintendent, of each correctional facility shall take
6 charge of all moneys and other articles which may be brought to the
7 facility by the incarcerated individuals, including but not limited to
8 any identification, and shall cause the same, immediately upon the
9 receipt thereof, to be entered among the receipts of the facility; which
10 money and other articles, including but not limited to any identifica-
11 tion materials, whenever the incarcerated individual from whom the same
12 was received shall be discharged from the custody of the department, or
13 the same shall be otherwise legally demanded, shall be returned by the
14 said superintendent to such incarcerated individual or other person
15 legally entitled to the same, and vouchers shall be taken therefor. The
16 commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations concerning the
17 custody and transfer of such money and other articles, including but not
18 limited to any identification materials in cases where incarcerated
19 individuals are transferred from one facility to another.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09684-02-4