Definitions
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- Executive Department
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- Compiled text through
- Mar 31, 2022
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- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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- Latest notice
- CMC-41-19-00002-EP · Emergency and proposed rule · Oct 1, 2019
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- Jun 6, 2026
Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, the following words or terms used in this Chapter are defined as follows:
(a)Chief administrative officer shall mean the commissioner of police, chief of police or other officer in charge of a city jail, lockup or precinct station detention facility.
(b)Commission and Commissioner of Correction shall mean the New York State Commission of Correction.
(c)Lockup shall mean a place where individuals 18 years of age and over are temporarily detained while awaiting disposition of their cases in the courts, before arraignment in court, or for a brief period after arraignment or sentence while awaiting transfer to another correctional facility. An individual who has not reached his or her 18th birthday shall not be detained in any adult lockup except in accordance with section 304.1 of the Family Court Act or section 510.15 of the Criminal Procedure Law.