Bill Text: NY S04876 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for identification of retired police and peace officers and federal law enforcement officers; requires issuance of ID cards and inclusion in the state central registry of police and peace officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S04876 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S04876-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4876 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 3, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the identification of retired police officers and peace officers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "retired 2 law enforcement identification act". 3 § 2. Section 845 of the executive law is amended by adding two new 4 subdivisions 6 and 7 to read as follows: 5 6. The division, upon being notified by the head of a state or local 6 agency, unit of local government, state or local commission, public 7 authority or other organization which employs police officers or peace 8 officers of the retirement from duty of a police officer, as defined in 9 subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law or 10 a peace officer as defined in section 2.10 of the criminal procedure 11 law, shall update the retirement status of such officers in the central 12 state registry established under this section. Additionally the divi- 13 sion shall assign to such retired and retiring police and peace officers 14 a unique personal identification number and shall maintain the unique 15 personal identification number in the central state registry. 16 7. The division, upon being notified by the head of the state or local 17 agency, unit of local government, state or local commission, public 18 authority or other organization which employs police officers or peace 19 officers of the retirement from duty of a police officer, as defined in 20 subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, 21 or a peace officer as defined in section 2.10 of the criminal procedure 22 law, shall issue to the retiring police officer or peace officer an 23 identification card. The identification card shall state on the face the 24 following information: the card title: "Retired Law Enforcement Iden- 25 tification Card"; the retiring police or peace officer's name; a photo- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03721-01-7S. 4876 2 1 graph of the retiring police or peace officer; his or her date of birth; 2 gender; color of eyes; former rank or title; the agency the officer is 3 retiring from; the unique personal identification number created in 4 subdivision six of this section; the retiree's signature; issuer's 5 signature and title; the year of retirement; and any other information 6 the commissioner shall deem necessary. On the reverse the card shall 7 state the following: the name, telephone number and address of the 8 public agency issuing the identification card; the date the identifica- 9 tion card was issued and the following statement: "This card does not 10 give the retired law enforcement officer any police powers, including 11 any authority to arrest". The division shall issue the identification 12 card within sixty days of being notified of the officer's retirement. 13 § 3. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 845-c to 14 read as follows: 15 § 845-c. Retired federal law enforcement officers. The division shall 16 make available both on the division's internet website and in all 17 offices of state or local agency, unit of local government, state or 18 local commission, public authority or other organization which employs 19 police officers or peace officers that is open to the general public, an 20 application form for issuance of an identification card pursuant to 21 subdivision seven of section eight hundred forty-five of this article to 22 retired federal law enforcement officers, as such term is defined in 23 section 2.15 of the criminal procedure law. The division shall issue the 24 identification card prescribed by subdivision seven of section eight 25 hundred forty-five of this article to federal law enforcement officers 26 who are residing in the state of New York; provided that the division is 27 able to confirm the individual's prior employment and retirement from a 28 federal agency which employs federal law enforcement officers. Upon 29 confirmation of employment and retirement of a federal law enforcement 30 officer, the division shall assign to such officer a unique personal 31 identification number and shall keep the officer's name, unique personal 32 identification number, a photograph of the retired or retiring federal 33 law enforcement officer, his or her date of birth, former rank or title, 34 the federal agency the officer is retired from and any other information 35 the commissioner shall deem necessary to carry out the provisions of 36 this section in the central state registry of police officers and peace 37 officers. The identification card that the division issues to all 38 retired federal law enforcement officers shall include the components 39 prescribed by subdivision seven of section eight hundred forty-five of 40 this article. The division shall issue the identification card within 41 sixty days of receiving the application if proof of employment and 42 retirement from such a federal agency is confirmed. 43 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
