Section 92. Effect of agreement for custody of definite sentence inmates

1.  After a copy of an agreement made under section ninety-one  of  this
  article  is  filed  with  the  secretary of state, all commitments under
  sentences covered by the agreement by courts in the county  or  city  to
  which  it applies shall be deemed to be to the custody of the department
  and  shall  be  so  construed  and  interpreted  irrespective   of   the
  institution or agency to which the commitments are made.
    2.  Any  inmate  who  is serving a term of imprisonment covered by the
  agreement imposed prior to the filing of such agreement, and any  inmate
  who  is  under  consecutive  definite  sentences of imprisonment with an
  aggregate term of the length covered by the agreement,  irrespective  of
  whether one or more of such sentences was imposed prior to the filing of
  the  agreement,  may  be  transferred to the care of the department upon
  request of the head of the county or city institution  and  approval  of
  the commissioner.
    3.  Inmates  who are deemed committed to the custody of the department
  under subdivision one of this section, or who may be transferred to  the
  care  of  the department under subdivision two of this section, shall be
  dealt with in all respects in the same manner as  inmates  committed  to
  the custody of the department.
    4.  In the event any such agreement is cancelled, inmates delivered to
  the department prior to the date of cancellation shall continue to serve
  their sentences in the custody of such department and the provisions  of
  such  agreement  shall continue to apply with respect to such inmates. A
  copy of the notice of cancellation shall be filed with the secretary  of
  state  and  with  the  clerks  of  courts  in  the  manner  provided  in
  subdivision four of section ninety-one of this article, and  no  inmates
  shall be delivered to the custody of the department under such agreement
  after the date on which such cancellation becomes effective.
    * NB Effective until September 1, 2011