Bill Text: NY A00442 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates members of the security force of Ellis Hospital as peace officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to codes [A00442 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A00442-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 442 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred 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 Ellis 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 85 to read as follows: 3 85. Officers and members of the security force employed by Ellis 4 Hospital within and directly adjacent to the Ellis Hospital Campus on 5 1101 Nott Street, Schenectady, New York, and affiliated hospitals and 6 clinics owned or operated by Ellis Hospital, and so designated by the 7 board of trustees of the hospital. Such officers shall have only the 8 powers enumerated in section 9.41 of the mental hygiene law and the 9 powers listed in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (h) of subdivision 10 one of section 2.20 of this article; provided, however, that nothing in 11 this subdivision shall be deemed to authorize any such officer to carry, 12 possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license 13 therefor has been issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 15 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03614-01-9
