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Senate Bill S3003

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Designates security hospital treatment assistants in the office of mental health as peace officers

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2009-S3003 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A737
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2.10, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S2949, A471
2013-2014: S3600, A1500

2009-S3003 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates security hospital treatment assistants in the office of mental health as peace officers while performing duties in or arising out of the course of such person's employment.

2009-S3003 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3003 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3003

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 9, 2009
                               ___________

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  certain
  persons designated as peace officers

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 52 of section 2.10 of  the  criminal  procedure
law,  as added by chapter 969 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as
follows:
  52.  Security hospital treatment assistants[, as so designated by  the
commissioner  of]  IN  the  office  of mental health while [transporting
persons convicted of a crime to court, to other  facilities  within  the
jurisdiction  of  the  office of mental health, or to any state or local
correctional facility] PERFORMING DUTIES IN OR ARISING OUT OF THE COURSE
OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT; provided, however, that nothing in this subdivision
shall be deemed to authorize such employee to carry, possess, repair  or
dispose  of  a  firearm unless the appropriate license therefor has been
issued pursuant to section 400.00 of THE penal law.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02296-01-9

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