Bill Text: NY S05298 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Regulates private security services by the division of homeland security and emergency services.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-14 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S05298 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S05298-Introduced.html

---

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
       ________________________________________________________________________
                                         5298
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 3, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  BALL  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
         ty and Military Affairs
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  the  regulation  of
         security services
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  The executive law is amended by adding a new  section  718
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  718.  PRIVATE  SECURITY  SERVICES.    IN  ADDITION  TO THE TRAINING
    4  REQUIREMENTS FOR SECURITY GUARDS SET FORTH IN  ARTICLE  SEVEN-A  OF  THE
    5  GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, NO PRIVATE SECURITY GUARD COMPANY OR SERVICE SHALL
    6  BE  EMPLOYED  TO  PROVIDE SECURITY SERVICES UNLESS SUCH PRIVATE SECURITY
    7  GUARD COMPANY OR SERVICE HAS BEEN APPROVED TO PROVIDE SUCH  SERVICES  BY
    8  THE  DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. SUCH APPROVAL
    9  SHALL BE MADE UPON APPLICATION BY A PRIVATE SECURITY  GUARD  COMPANY  OR
   10  SERVICE TO THE DIVISION IN THE MANNER AND FORM DIRECTED BY THE DIVISION.
   11  APPROVAL  BY THE DIVISION SHALL BE BASED UPON CRITERIA DETERMINED BY THE
   12  DIVISION TO BE NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE EFFECTIVE PROVISION  OF  SECURITY
   13  SERVICES.    APPROVAL BY THE DIVISION SHALL BE EVIDENCED BY THE ISSUANCE
   14  OF A PERMIT BY THE DIVISION TO THE PRIVATE  SECURITY  GUARD  COMPANY  OR
   15  SERVICE.  SUCH  PERMIT  SHALL  BE RENEWABLE EVERY TWO YEARS. THE FEE FOR
   16  SUCH PERMIT AND ANY RENEWAL PERMIT  SHALL  BE  A  REASONABLE  AMOUNT  AS
   17  PROVIDED  BY  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED BY THE DIVISION. A RENEWAL PERMIT
   18  SHALL BE ISSUED ONLY IF SUCH PRIVATE SECURITY GUARD COMPANY  OR  SERVICE
   19  MEETS  THE  CRITERIA  REQUIRED TO BE MET FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE INITIAL
   20  PERMIT.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11321-01-1