Assembly Actions -
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Mar 10, 2010 |
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Assembly Bill A10184
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ABBATE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A10184 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A10184 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A10184 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the criminal procedure law and the mental hygiene law, in relation to the powers of chief safety officers PURPOSE: Grants additional power to the chief safety officers employed by the Office of Mental Health (OMH) and the Office of Mental Retarda- tion and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD) by conferring "police offi- cer status" on these individuals. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Amends subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the Criminal Procedure law and sections 7.25 and 13.25 of the Mental Hygiene law. JUSTIFICATION: OMH and OMRDD facilities need the immediate response of fully empowered law enforcement persons to better protect consumers, employees and visitors alike. Having to wait for a local police response is unacceptable and unsafe in some instances. These Chief Safety Offi- cers are well-trained professionals with years of dedicated public service. They will have no difficulty prudently and professionally exer- cising this new authority. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2007-08 A8366 Referred to Codes 2005-06 A6386A Referred to Codes FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.
2009-A10184 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10184 I N A S S E M B L Y March 10, 2010 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law and the mental hygiene law, in relation to the powers of chief safety officers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 34 of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows: (W) A CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE DIRECTORS OF IN-PATIENT FACILITIES IN THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (C) OF SECTION 7.25 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW AND A CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL RETARDATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND THE DIRECTORS OF FACILITIES UNDER HIS OR HER JURISDICTION IN THE OFFICE OF MENTAL RETAR- DATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (C) OF SECTION 13.25 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW. S 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 34-a of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 428 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows: (a) Except as provided in [paragraph] PARAGRAPHS (d) AND (E) of this subdivision, New York state constitutes the "geographical area of employment" of any police officer employed as such by an agency of the state or by an authority which functions throughout the state, or a police officer designated by the superintendent of state police pursuant to section two hundred twenty-three of the executive law; S 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 34-a of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 424 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows: (a) Except as provided in [paragraph] PARAGRAPHS (d) AND (E) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, New York state constitutes the "geographical area of employment" of any police officer employed as such by an agency of the state or by an authority which functions throughout the state; S 4. Subdivision 34-a of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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