Bill Text: NY S07426 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7426 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes peace officers designated by the superintendent of financial services to execute arrest and search warrants.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-17 - REFERRED TO CODES [S07426 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07426-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7426
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 17, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  SEWARD -- 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  authorizing
          peace  officers  designated to investigate insurance frauds to execute
          arrest warrants and search warrants
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.    Subdivision 1 of section 2.20 of the criminal procedure
     2  law is amended by adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:
     3    (k) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, employees of
     4  the department of financial services designated as peace officers by the
     5  superintendent of financial services shall have the power to  (i)  apply
     6  for  and  execute warrants of arrest as set forth in article one hundred
     7  twenty of this chapter, and (ii) apply for and execute  search  warrants
     8  in  accordance with article six hundred ninety of this chapter, whenever
     9  acting pursuant to their special duties.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    11  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14268-01-8