Bill Text: NY S08980 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to expanding the geographical area of employment of university police officers; extends the jurisdiction of New York state university police officers from state university of New York property and abutting roadways to all areas of the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-21 - referred to codes [S08980 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08980-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8980--A
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 11, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  JACOBS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Rules  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the criminal procedure law and the education law, in
          relation to expanding the geographical area of employment of universi-
          ty police officers; and to repeal paragraph (d) of subdivision 34-a of
          section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law relating thereto
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 34-a of section 1.20 of the
     2  criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 428 of the laws  of  1999,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    (a)  [Except  as  provided  in paragraph (d) of this subdivision,] New
     5  York state constitutes the "geographical  area  of  employment"  of  any
     6  police  officer  employed  as  such  by  an agency of the state or by an
     7  authority which functions throughout the  state,  or  a  police  officer
     8  designated by the superintendent of state police pursuant to section two
     9  hundred twenty-three of the executive law;
    10    § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 34-a of section 1.20 of the criminal
    11  procedure law, as amended by chapter 424 of the laws of 1998, is amended
    12  to read as follows:
    13    (a)  [Except as provided in paragraph (d),] New York state constitutes
    14  the "geographical area of employment" of any police officer employed  as
    15  such  by  an  agency  of  the  state  or by an authority which functions
    16  throughout the state;
    17    § 3. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 34-a of section 1.20 of the criminal
    18  procedure law is REPEALED.
    19    § 4. Paragraph l of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education law,
    20  as amended by chapter 424 of the laws of 1998, is  amended  to  read  as
    21  follows:
    22    l.  To appoint university police officers who shall have the powers of
    23  police  officers  and  to  remove  such  police  officers  at  pleasure;
    24  provided,  however, that any person appointed a police officer must have
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  satisfactorily completed or complete within one year of the date of  his
     2  appointment a course of law enforcement training approved by the munici-
     3  pal  police  training  council in consultation with the university.  [It
     4  shall  be  the duty of such police officers to preserve law and order on
     5  the campuses and other property of the university, including any portion
     6  of a public highway which crosses or abuts such property.]
     7    Subject to the approval of  the  chancellor,  the  president  of  each
     8  state-operated  campus  of the state university [shall] may enter into a
     9  written agreement with adjoining law enforcement  agencies  establishing
    10  protocols  for the exercise of authority by such university police offi-
    11  cer off-campus, including mutual aid and assistance. Such written proto-
    12  cols shall not be deemed to supersede  the  authority  of  other  police
    13  officers.    The  provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any of
    14  the state institutions and property referred to in section five thousand
    15  seven hundred nine of this chapter.
    16    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
    17  the  amendments  to paragraph (a) of subdivision 34-a of section 1.20 of
    18  the criminal procedure law made by section one  of  this  act  shall  be
    19  subject  to  the  expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to
    20  section 3 of chapter 428 of the laws of 1999, as amended, when upon such
    21  date the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.