Bill Text: NY A07597 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to codes [A07597 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A07597-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7597

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 25, 2023
                                       ___________

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

        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;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 7597                             2

     1  provided,  however, that any person appointed a police officer must have
     2  satisfactorily completed or complete within one year of the date of  his
     3  appointment a course of law enforcement training approved by the munici-
     4  pal  police  training  council in consultation with the university.  [It
     5  shall be the duty of such police officers to preserve law and  order  on
     6  the campuses and other property of the university, including any portion
     7  of a public highway which crosses or abuts such property.]
     8    Subject  to  the  approval  of  the  chancellor, the president of each
     9  state-operated campus of the state university [shall] may enter  into  a
    10  written  agreement  with adjoining law enforcement agencies establishing
    11  protocols for the exercise of authority by such university police  offi-
    12  cer off-campus, including mutual aid and assistance. Such written proto-
    13  cols  shall  not  be  deemed  to supersede the authority of other police
    14  officers.  The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply  to  any  of
    15  the state institutions and property referred to in section five thousand
    16  seven hundred nine of this chapter.
    17    §  5.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    18  the amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 34-a of section  1.20  of
    19  the  criminal  procedure  law  made  by section one of this act shall be
    20  subject to the expiration and reversion of such  paragraph  pursuant  to
    21  section 3 of chapter 428 of the laws of 1999, as amended, when upon such
    22  date the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.