Bill Text: NY S05363 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Reclassifies court officers and court clerks of the unified court system under the definition of police officer.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES [S05363 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S05363-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5363

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      March 2, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 reclassifying
          court officers and court clerks of the unified court system under  the
          definition of police officer; and to repeal certain provisions of such
          law relating thereto

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 34 of section 1.20 of  the  criminal  procedure
     2  law is amended by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows:
     3    (w) Uniformed court officers of the unified court system.
     4    §  2.  Subdivision 34 of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law is
     5  amended by adding a new paragraph (x) to read as follows:
     6    (x) Court clerks of the unified court system in the first  and  second
     7  departments.
     8    § 3. Paragraphs a and b of subdivision 21 of section 2.10 of the crim-
     9  inal procedure law are REPEALED.
    10    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09994-01-3
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