Bill Text: NY S08146 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 8146 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Grants peace officer status to officers and members of the security force of Rochester General Hospital.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-07-22 - referred to codes [S08146 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08146-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8146

                    IN SENATE

                                      April 8, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- 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  granting
          peace  officer status to officers and members of the security force of
          Rochester General Hospital

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  2.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 86 to read as follows:
     3    86. Officers and members of the security force employed by the Roches-
     4  ter General Hospital. Officers employed by the Rochester General  Hospi-
     5  tal  shall  have the powers of peace officers within the geographic area
     6  occupied by the Rochester General Hospital, including  the  grounds  and
     7  premises  owned,  controlled,  or  administered by the Rochester General
     8  Hospital, and any public street and sidewalk  that  abuts  the  grounds,
     9  buildings or property of such grounds and premises. These officers shall
    10  only  have the powers listed in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (h),
    11  and (i) of subdivision one of section 2.20 of this article, as  well  as
    12  the  power to detain an individual for a reasonable period of time while
    13  awaiting the arrival of law enforcement, provided that the  officer  has
    14  actual knowledge, or probable cause to believe, that such individual has
    15  committed an offense; provided however, that nothing in this subdivision
    16  shall  be  deemed to authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or
    17  dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license  therefor  has  been
    18  issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16006-01-0