Assembly Bill A6318

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to contraband screening at correctional facilities

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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-A6318 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S162
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §112, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A9885, S7582
2021-2022: A5058, S2594
2023-2024: A5388, S2940

2019-A6318 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish contraband screening at correctional facilities.

2019-A6318 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6318
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PALMESANO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to contraband  screening
   at correctional facilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 112 of the correction law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A CONTRABAND SCREENING PLAN WHICH
 SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A) THE USE OF A LEASHED AND CONTROLLED CANINE TRAINED TO DETECT ILLE-
 GAL DRUGS AT THE ENTRANCE OF EACH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AT A MINIMUM  OF
 TWELVE  FACILITIES PER WEEK, PROVIDED SUCH MINIMUM SHALL BE RECALCULATED
 BY THE COMMISSIONER IF ANY  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITIES  ARE  CLOSED  ON  A
 RANDOM BUT ROTATING BASIS TO ENSURE ALL FACILITIES ARE INCLUDED;
   (B)  THE  SEARCH OF VISITORS, CORRECTIONAL STAFF, BAGS AND OTHER ITEMS
 ENTERING THE FACILITY WHICH MAY INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE  LIMITED  TO,  ELEC-
 TRONIC  SEARCHES, METAL DETECTORS, PAT SEARCHES, VISUAL SEARCHES OF ORAL
 CAVITIES,  AND  ANY  OTHER  LEGAL  TECHNOLOGY  AT   THE   COMMISSIONER'S
 DISCRETION; AND
   (C) THE TRAINING OF STAFF ON UP TO DATE AND CURRENT CONTRABAND SCREEN-
 ING PROCEDURES.
   (D) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE A COPY OF SUCH CONTRABAND SCREENING
 PLAN  AS  WELL  AS  THE  PRIOR  YEAR'S PLAN INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
 RESULTS OF THE CANINE ASSIGNMENTS, NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS TO PROMOTE CONTRA-
 BAND AND THE NUMBER OF URINE TESTS AND THEIR RESULTS CONDUCTED STATEWIDE
 BY FACILITIES TO THE LEGISLATURE BY DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST EACH YEAR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04981-01-9

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