Bill Text: NY S06638 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates uniformed officers of the fire marshal's office of the town of Huntington as peace officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-09 - referred to codes [S06638 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06638-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6638
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 2, 2016
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        Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation  to  designating
          uniformed  officers  of the fire marshal's office of the town of Hunt-
          ington as peace officers
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  63 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure
     2  law, as amended by chapter 638 of the laws of 2003, is amended  to  read
     3  as follows:
     4    63.  Uniformed  members  of  the  fire marshal's office in the town of
     5  Southampton [and], the town of Riverhead and  the  town  of  Huntington,
     6  when  acting  pursuant  to their special duties in matters arising under
     7  the laws relating to fires, the extinguishment thereof and fire  perils;
     8  provided,  however  that  nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to
     9  authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm
    10  unless the appropriate license therefor  has  been  issued  pursuant  to
    11  section 400.00 of the penal law.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04609-01-5