Bill Text: NY A05494 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to designating urban park rangers employed by the city of New York as peace officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to codes [A05494 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A05494-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5494
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 9, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
        AN  ACT  to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to designating
          urban park rangers employed by the city of New York as peace  officers
          under state law
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 27 of section 2.10 of  the  criminal  procedure
     2  law,  as  amended by chapter 664 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read
     3  as follows:
     4    27. New York city special patrolmen appointed by  the  police  commis-
     5  sioner pursuant to subdivision c or e of section 434a-7.0 or subdivision
     6  c  or  e of section 14-106 of the administrative code of the city of New
     7  York; provided, however, that  nothing  in  this  subdivision  shall  be
     8  deemed to authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of
     9  a firearm unless the appropriate license therefor has been issued pursu-
    10  ant  to  section 400.00 of the penal law and the employer has authorized
    11  such officer to possess a firearm  during  any  phase  of  the  officers
    12  on-duty employment. Special patrolmen shall have the powers set forth in
    13  section 2.20 of this article only when they are acting pursuant to their
    14  special  duties; provided, however, that the following categories of New
    15  York city special patrolmen shall have such powers whether or  not  they
    16  are  acting  pursuant  to  their  special duties: school safety officers
    17  employed by the board of education of the  city  of  New  York;  parking
    18  control specialists, taxi and limousine inspectors, [urban park rangers]
    19  and  evidence  and  property control specialists employed by the city of
    20  New York; and further provided that, with respect to the  aforementioned
    21  categories  of  New  York  city  special patrolmen, where such a special
    22  patrolman has been appointed by the police commissioner  and,  upon  the
    23  expiration  of  such  appointment  the  police  commissioner has neither
    24  renewed such appointment nor explicitly determined that such appointment
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03826-01-7

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     1  shall not be renewed, such appointment shall remain in  full  force  and
     2  effect indefinitely, until such time as the police commissioner express-
     3  ly determines to either renew or terminate such appointment.
     4    § 2. Section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding a
     5  new subdivision 84 to read as follows:
     6    84.  While  on  the  property  of  the  city of New York, park rangers
     7  employed by such city provided, however, that nothing in  this  subdivi-
     8  sion shall be deemed to authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair
     9  or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license therefor has been
    10  issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law.
    11    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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