Senate Bill S7491

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes the sheriff to charge prisoners fees to support the operations of the facility where they are incarcerated; requires inmates to assist in the provision of services

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S7491 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9076
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง500-n, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S508, A1352
2013-2014: A323
2015-2016: A3897
2017-2018: A1739
2019-2020: A2297

2009-S7491 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the sheriff to charge prisoners fees to support the operations of the facility where they are incarcerated and requires the inmates of the facility to assist in the provision of necessary services provided at the facility.

2009-S7491 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S7491 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7491

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 15, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
  Correction

AN  ACT  to amend the correction law, in relation to authorizing charges
  to prisoners of fees to support the operations of the  facility  where
  they  are  incarcerated  and  requiring the inmates of the facility to
  assist in the provision of necessary services provided at the facility

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  500-n of the correction law, as added by chapter
907 of the laws of 1984 and renumbered by chapter 604 of the    laws  of
1987, is amended to read as follows:
  S  500-n.  Prisoners; unlawful fees prohibited. 1. [Except] SUBJECT TO
THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION:  (A) EXCEPT as other-
wise provided by law, a sheriff or other person in charge of  a  correc-
tional facility or any person employed at such facility shall not charge
a  prisoner  or other person in custody with any sum of money, or demand
or receive from him money or any valuable thing for any drink,  food  or
other  thing  furnished  or  provided for such prisoner or person at any
correctional facility[.
  2. A]; (B) A sheriff or other public officer  or  employee  shall  not
demand or receive from a prisoner or other person, while in his custody,
a gratuity or reward, upon any pretense or for any purpose[.
  3.  A];  (C) A sheriff, or other public officer or employee, shall not
demand or receive from a prisoner or other person in custody,  money  or
any  valuable  thing  for  rent  in  a jail or any fee, compensation, or
reward for the commitment, detaining in custody, release,  or  discharge
of a prisoner, other than the fees expressly allowed therefor by law.
  2.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
A SHERIFF OR OTHER PERSON IN  CHARGE  OF  A  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  MAY
CHARGE  REASONABLE  AND NECESSARY FEES, AS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER,
TO THE INMATES OF THE FACILITY IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF THE
FACILITY, AND MAY REQUIRE THE INMATES OF THE FACILITY TO ASSIST  IN  THE
PROVISION  OF  NECESSARY SERVICES PROVIDED AT THE FACILITY TO OR FOR THE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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