Bill Text: NY A06926 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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) 2020-01-08 - referred to codes [A06926 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06926-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6926
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 27, 2019
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        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] subdivi-
     6  sion c or e of section 14-106 of the administrative code of the city  of
     7  New  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.
                                                                   LBD10374-01-9
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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 85 to read as follows:
     6    85.  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.