STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7016--A Cal. No. 493 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 29, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DE LA ROSA, WEPRIN, SEPULVEDA, DICKENS, ORTIZ, MOSLEY, NIOU, BARRON, RICHARDSON, RIVERA, DAVILA, WALKER, ROZIC, BLAKE, D'URSO, BICHOTTE, HARRIS, CRESPO, PEOPLES-STOKES, SIMON, COOK, GOTTFRIED, COLTON, JOYNER, HYNDMAN, JEAN-PIERRE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to available transporta- tion for correction facility visitation The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 138-b 2 to read as follow: 3 § 138-b. Visitor transportation. In conjunction with the inmate visit- 4 ing program, the department shall provide transportation for visitors to 5 correctional facilities on a regular basis, but no less than bimonthly, 6 at no cost to visitors. Transportation shall be provided from the city 7 of New York, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany to correctional facilities, 8 as determined by the commissioner. Information concerning transportation 9 shall be posted on the department's public website, and shall be avail- 10 able from the telephone number designated, pursuant to section one 11 hundred thirty-eight-a of this article. Notice of available transporta- 12 tion shall be provided to inmates upon reception and upon transfer to a 13 new correctional facility. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a 15 law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10801-02-8