Bill Text: NY S01188 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates dog control officers in the city of Cohoes as peace officers when they are acting pursuant to their special duties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2011-08-17 - VETOED MEMO.42 [S01188 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S01188-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1188 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to designating dog control officers as peace officers in the city of Cohoes 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 83 to read as follows: 3 83. DOG CONTROL OFFICERS IN THE CITY OF COHOES, WHEN ACTING PURSUANT 4 TO THEIR SPECIAL DUTIES IN MATTERS ARISING UNDER, AND THE ENFORCEMENT 5 OF, ARTICLE TWENTY-SIX OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW AND FOR THE 6 PURPOSE OF ISSUING APPEARANCE TICKETS PERMITTED UNDER ARTICLE SEVEN OF 7 SUCH LAW; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE 8 DEEMED TO AUTHORIZE SUCH OFFICER TO CARRY, POSSESS, REPAIR OR DISPOSE OF 9 A FIREARM UNLESS THE APPROPRIATE LICENSE THEREFOR HAS BEEN ISSUED PURSU- 10 ANT TO SECTION 400.00 OF THE PENAL LAW. 11 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05206-01-1