Senate Bill S861

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the use of profits from commissaries or canteens in county correctional facilities

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Current 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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2023-S861 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3452
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §500-q, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S7122
2019-2020: S275
2021-2022: S3499, A7906

2023-S861 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows county correctional facilities to use the profits from commissaries or canteens within the facilities for the general purposes of the institution.

2023-S861 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S861 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    861
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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 the use of profits
   from commissaries or canteens in county correctional facilities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 500-q
 to read as follows:
   §  500-Q. USE OF PROFITS FROM COMMISSARIES OR CANTEENS.  NOTWITHSTAND-
 ING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, MONEYS RECEIVED BY THE HEAD OF A  COUNTY
 CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  AS  PROFITS  FROM THE SALES OF THE COMMISSARY OR
 CANTEEN SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE  COMMIS-
 SARY  OR  CANTEEN  FUND  AND  SUCH  FUNDS  SHALL BE USED FOR THE GENERAL
 PURPOSES OF THE INSTITUTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03647-01-3

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