New York § 611-A - 611-ACommitments to county or regional correctional institutions
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§ 611-A. 611-ACommitments to county or regional correctional institutions
§ 611-a. Commitments to county or regional correctional institutions. 1. Any commitment to a county or regional correctional institution pursuant to subdivision two of section 70.20 of the penal law shall be deemed a commitment to the county jail, workhouse or penitentiary, or to a penitentiary outside the county in the case of an agreement pursuant to section four hundred eighty of this chapter, as the case may be, and the order of commitment shall specify the institution in which the sentence is to be served. 2. Nothing in this section shall affect or limit any other provision of law with respect to transfers of persons so committed.
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