Bill Text: NY A05214 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that harbor masters and bay constables appointed by a county, city, town or village, have the power to arrest on warrants pursuant to their special duties within their geographical area of employment.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-06 - enacting clause stricken [A05214 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05214-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5214
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 7, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. RAIA, MONTESANO, FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored by --
          M. of A.  McDONOUGH, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the power  of
          harbor  masters  and  bay constables to arrest on warrants pursuant to
          their special duties
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2.20 of the criminal procedure law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:
     3    (k)  Harbor  masters  and  bay  constables have the power to arrest on
     4  warrants pursuant to their special duties within their geographical area
     5  of employment.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07973-01-9