Bill Text: NY S02155 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grants animal control officers in the town of Southampton in Suffolk county peace officer status.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES [S02155 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02155-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2155

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 18, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen. PALUMBO -- 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   granting
          animal  control  officers in the town of Southampton in Suffolk county
          peace officer status

          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 86 to read as follows:
     3    86. Persons employed by the town of Southampton in Suffolk  county  as
     4  animal control officers; provided, however that nothing in this subdivi-
     5  sion  shall be deemed to authorize such animal control officer to carry,
     6  possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless the  appropriate  license
     7  has been issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02019-01-3