Bill Text: NY A00471 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates security hospital treatment assistants in the office of mental health as peace officers while performing duties in or arising out of the course of such person's employment.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to codes [A00471 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A00471-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          471
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. GUNTHER, COOK, ORTIZ, SCHROEDER -- Multi-Spon-
         sored by -- M. of A.    CALHOUN,  JAFFEE,  LUPARDO,  MARKEY,  McENENY,
         PEOPLES-STOKES,  PHEFFER, REILLY, SAYWARD, TOBACCO, WEISENBERG -- read
         once and referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the criminal  procedure  law,  in  relation  to  certain
         persons designated 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 52 of section 2.10 of  the  criminal  procedure
    2  law,  as added by chapter 969 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    52.  Security hospital treatment assistants[, as so designated by  the
    5  commissioner  of]  IN  the  office  of mental health while [transporting
    6  persons convicted of a crime to court, to other  facilities  within  the
    7  jurisdiction  of  the  office of mental health, or to any state or local
    8  correctional facility] PERFORMING DUTIES IN OR ARISING OUT OF THE COURSE
    9  OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT; provided, however, that nothing in this subdivision
   10  shall be deemed to authorize such employee to carry, possess, repair  or
   11  dispose  of  a  firearm unless the appropriate license therefor has been
   12  issued pursuant to section 400.00 of THE penal law.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   14  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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