Bill Text: NY S06636 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Grants peace officer status to officers and members of the security force of Arnot Health, Inc.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO CODES [S06636 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S06636-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6636--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 10, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Codes  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  criminal procedure law, in relation to granting
          peace officer status to officers and members of the security force  of
          Arnot Health, Inc.

          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.  Officers  and  members  of  the  security force employed by Arnot
     4  Health, Inc. The  geographic  area  of  employment  for  peace  officers
     5  employed by Arnot Health, Inc. shall include any public street and side-
     6  walk  that  abuts  the  grounds,  buildings  or  property of a hospital,
     7  medical office building or clinical site  owned  or  operated  by  Arnot
     8  Health,  Inc.  in  Chemung  county.    Such officers shall only have the
     9  powers listed in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of subdivision one of
    10  section 2.20 of this article, as well as the power to detain an individ-
    11  ual for a reasonable period of time while awaiting the  arrival  of  law
    12  enforcement, provided that the officer has actual knowledge, or probable
    13  cause  to  believe,  that  such  individual  has  committed  an offense;
    14  provided however, that nothing in this subdivision shall  be  deemed  to
    15  authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm
    16  unless  the  appropriate  license  therefor  has been issued pursuant to
    17  section 400.00 of the penal law.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11253-02-1