Assembly Bill A3038

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the use of canines for contraband screening at correctional facilities housing one hundred or more incarcerated individuals

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A3038 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4286
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §112, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8703, S7640
2021-2022: A4712, S1685

2023-A3038 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the use of canines for contraband screening at correctional facilities housing one hundred or more incarcerated individuals.

2023-A3038 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3038
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the  use  of  canines
   for contraband screening at certain 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 6 to read as follows:
   6.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A CONTRABAND SCREENING PLAN WHICH
 SHALL INCLUDE, BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,  THE  USE  OF  A  LEASHED  AND
 CONTROLLED  CANINE  TRAINED TO DETECT ILLEGAL DRUGS AT EACH CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITY HOUSING ONE HUNDRED OR MORE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07697-01-3

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