Bill Text: NY A10321 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Designates officers and members of a fire investigation unit as peace officers in Franklin county.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-17 - referred to codes [A10321 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A10321-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10321

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 17, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Jones) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation  to  designating
          officers and members of a fire investigation unit in a fire department
          located in Franklin county as peace officers

          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 87 to read as follows:
     3    87.  Officers and members of the fire investigation division in a fire
     4  department located in the county of Franklin, when  acting  pursuant  to
     5  their  special  duties  in  matters  arising  under the laws relating to
     6  fires, the extinguishment thereof and fire  perils;  provided,  however,
     7  that nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to authorize such offi-
     8  cer  to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appro-
     9  priate license therefor has been issued pursuant to  section  400.00  of
    10  the penal law.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15609-01-4
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