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NY A07960

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

5/29/2019

Primary Sponsor

Joseph Lentol

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Origin

Assembly

2019-2020 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends County Law Section 217 to authorize a set of contiguous counties to establish a regional jail maintained by those counties for boarding inmates from participating counties.

  • Designates all regional jails as county jails for each county that maintains the facility and boards inmates there for purposes of any applicable law.

  • Amends Correction Law Section 500-a by adding subdivision 5 with identical provisions allowing contiguous counties to establish regional jails with county jail status.

  • Takes effect immediately upon enactment.

Legislative Description

Allows for contiguous counties to establish regional jails which shall be considered county jails.

Last Action

enacting clause stricken

5/29/2019

Committee Referrals

Correction5/29/2019

Full Bill Text

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