Bill Text: NY A05371 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5371

Introduced

Bill Title: Designates the animal control officer in the town of Sand Lake as a peace officer.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-07 - REFERRED TO RULES [A05371 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A05371-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5371

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      March 9, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. BENDETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation  to  designating
          the animal control officer in the town of Sand Lake as a peace officer

          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 60 to read as follows:
     3    60.  The  animal  control officer of the town of Sand Lake, Rensselaer
     4  county, who at the discretion of the town board of the town of Sand Lake
     5  may be designated as a constable for the purpose  of  enforcing  article
     6  twenty-six  of  the  agriculture and markets law, and for the purpose of
     7  issuing appearance tickets permitted under article seven  of  such  law;
     8  provided,  however,  that nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to
     9  authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm
    10  unless the appropriate license therefor  has  been  issued  pursuant  to
    11  section 400.00 of the penal law.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06273-01-3