Assembly Bill A6088

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions

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  • 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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2019-A6088 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3473
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §26, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A1413, S1051
2023-2024: A5134, S1744

2019-A6088 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions; provides that items for sale at a commissary or canteen shall be sold for market value; and provides that money placed into an inmate's commissary or canteen account or fund shall only be used for purchasing items or goods.

2019-A6088 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6088
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  FERNANDEZ  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction  law,  in  relation  to  commissaries  or
   canteens in correctional institutions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 26 of the correction law, as amended by chapter 487
 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   § 26. [Establishment of  commissaries]  COMMISSARIES  or  canteens  in
 correctional institutions. 1. The commissioner may authorize the head of
 any institution in the department to establish a commissary or a canteen
 in  such  institution for the use and benefit of inmates.  ITEMS SOLD AT
 THE COMMISSARY OR CANTEEN SHALL BE SOLD AT THE CURRENT MARKET  RATE  FOR
 SUCH ITEMS, AS BASED UPON THE COST OF SIMILAR ITEMS FOR SALE IN THE SAME
 REGION  AS THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. The moneys received by the head of
 the institution as profits from the sales of the commissary  or  canteen
 shall  be  deposited  in a special fund to be known as the commissary or
 canteen fund and such funds shall be used for the  general  purposes  of
 the  institution subject to the provisions of section fifty-three of the
 state finance law.
   2. MONEY PLACED INTO THE COMMISSARY OR CANTEEN ACCOUNT OR FUND  OF  AN
 INMATE SHALL ONLY BE USED BY THE INMATE FOR PURCHASES AT SUCH COMMISSARY
 OR  CANTEEN.  NO  FUNDS  SHALL BE REMOVED FROM AN INMATE'S COMMISSARY OR
 CANTEEN ACCOUNT OR FUND FOR A VIOLATION, AS A PENALTY, OR FOR ANY REASON
 OTHER THAN A PURCHASE AT SUCH COMMISSARY OR CANTEEN.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09700-01-9

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