Bill Text: NY A07674 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to peace officer powers of safety officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 0000-00-00 - [A07674 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07674-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7674
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 21, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the mental hygiene law and the public health law, in
          relation to peace officer powers of safety officers
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Subdivision (a) of section 7.25 of the mental hygiene law,
     2  as amended by chapter 22 of the laws of 1984,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    (a) The commissioner and the directors of in-patient facilities in the
     5  office  of mental health [may] shall designate safety officers to act as
     6  special policemen whose duty it shall be, under orders of the  appropri-
     7  ate  officer,  to  preserve  peace  and good order in facilities of such
     8  office and to fully protect the grounds, buildings, and  patients.  Such
     9  safety  officers  [acting  as  special  policemen] shall possess all the
    10  powers of peace officers, as set forth in section 2.20 of  the  criminal
    11  procedure  law[, while performing duties in or arising out of the course
    12  of their employment]. Such peace officers when acting pursuant to  their
    13  special  duties may issue and serve a simplified traffic information and
    14  appearance ticket, in the form prescribed by the commissioner  of  motor
    15  vehicles  pursuant to section two hundred seven of the vehicle and traf-
    16  fic law, upon a person when he has reasonable cause to believe that such
    17  person has committed a traffic infraction in  his  presence,  and  shall
    18  have  the  power  to  issue and serve an appearance ticket as defined in
    19  section 150.10 of the criminal procedure law for an offense other than a
    20  felony in lieu of an arrest.
    21    § 2. Subdivision (a) of section 13.25 of the mental  hygiene  law,  as
    22  amended  by  chapter  969  of  the  laws  of 1983, is amended to read as
    23  follows:
    24    (a) The commissioner and the directors of facilities under his  juris-
    25  diction  [may] shall designate safety officers to act as special police-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02210-01-5