Bill Text: NY S01203 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates dog control officers of the city of Utica, who have been named constables by the common council for purposes of enforcing certain provisions of the agriculture and markets law, as peace officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-09 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S01203 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S01203-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1203 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- 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 as peace officers dog control officers of the city of Utica 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 OF THE CITY OF UTICA, WHO AT THE DISCRETION 4 OF THE CITY COMMON COUNCIL MAY BE DESIGNATED AS CONSTABLES FOR THE 5 PURPOSE OF ENFORCING ARTICLE TWENTY-SIX OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS 6 LAW AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF ISSUING APPEARANCE TICKETS PERMITTED UNDER 7 ARTICLE SEVEN OF SUCH LAW; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS 8 SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEEMED TO AUTHORIZE SUCH OFFICER TO CARRY, POSSESS, 9 REPAIR OR DISPOSE OF A FIREARM UNLESS THE APPROPRIATE LICENSE THEREFOR 10 HAS BEEN ISSUED PURSUANT 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. LBD01639-01-1