Bill Text: NY S01692 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires all schools of secondary education to be equipped with metal detectors and requires that all persons who enter the school pass through such detector.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S01692 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S01692-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1692 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 11, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring metal detec- tors and their use in all schools of secondary education in the state THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 409-l 2 to read as follows: 3 S 409-L. METAL DETECTORS REQUIRED; SCHOOLS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION. 1. 4 EVERY SCHOOL OF SECONDARY EDUCATION SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH ONE OR MORE 5 ELECTRONIC METAL DETECTORS FOR USE AT THE INTERIOR ENTRANCE OR ENTRANCES 6 TO THE SCHOOL BUILDING AND WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF DETECTING THE PRESENCE 7 OF METAL WEAPONS ON THOSE PERSONS WHO PASS THROUGH THE DETECTOR. 8 2. EVERY PERSON WHO ENTERS A SCHOOL OF SECONDARY EDUCATION SHALL BE 9 REQUIRED TO PASS THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC METAL DETECTOR LOCATED IN THE 10 INTERIOR ENTRANCE OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING BEFORE BEING PERMITTED TO 11 PROCEED ANY FURTHER INTO THE BUILDING. ANY WEAPON FOUND AS A RESULT OF 12 THE USE OF SUCH ELECTRONIC METAL DETECTOR SHALL BE CONFISCATED AND THE 13 PERSON IN POSSESSION OF SUCH WEAPON SHALL BE DETAINED AND DEALT WITH BY 14 THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANDATE OF THE LAW. 15 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next 16 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05869-01-1