Senate Bill S7545

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  7545

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 1, 2012
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Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  exempting
  certain  officers  of  the departments of correction and sanitation of
  the city of New York from training requirements for security guards

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

  Section  1.  Paragraphs a, f and g of subdivision 4 of section 89-n of
the general business law, paragraphs a and f as amended and paragraph  g
as added by chapter 221 of the laws of 2003, are amended and a new para-
graph h is added to read as follows:
  a. a correction officer of any state correctional facility OR A MEMBER
OF  THE  UNIFORMED  CORRECTION  FORCE OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTION having the powers of a peace officer pursuant to  subdivision
twenty-five of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law;
  f.  a police officer as defined in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e),
(f), (j), (k), (l), (o) and (p) of subdivision  thirty-four  of  section
1.20  of  the  criminal  procedure  law  who  has been retired from such
employment for a period not to exceed ten years, provided, however, that
a retired police officer who has been retired from such employment for a
period in excess of ten years shall be required to provide proof to  his
or  her security guard employer of his or her satisfactory completion of
an eight hour annual in-service training course approved by the  commis-
sioner, and provided further, however, that a retired police officer who
will  be  required  by  his  or  her  security guard employer to carry a
firearm or will be authorized to have access to a firearm shall  provide
to  such  employer  proof  of  his  or  her satisfactory completion of a
forty-seven hour firearms training course approved by  the  commissioner
and,  if such firearms training course has not been completed within one
year prior to such employment, satisfactory completion of an  additional
eight  hour  annual  firearms in-service training course approved by the
commissioner, such training course to be completed  at  least  annually;
[or]

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  g.  a peace officer as defined in subdivisions two, twenty and twenty-
five and paragraphs a and b of subdivision twenty-one of section 2.10 of
the criminal procedure law who has been retired from such employment for
a period not to exceed ten years,  provided,  however,  that  a  retired
peace  officer who has been retired from such employment for a period in
excess of ten years shall be required to provide proof  to  his  or  her
security  guard  employer  of  his  or her satisfactory completion of an
eight hour annual in-service training course approved by  the  municipal
police  training  council, and provided further, however, that a retired
peace officer who will be required by his or her security guard employer
to carry a firearm or will be authorized to have  access  to  a  firearm
shall  provide  to  such  employer  proof  of  his  or  her satisfactory
completion of a forty-seven hour firearms training  course  approved  by
the  municipal  police  training  council and, if such firearms training
course has not been completed  within  one  year  prior  to  employment,
satisfactory  completion  of  an  additional  eight hour annual firearms
in-service training course approved by  the  municipal  police  training
council, such training course to be completed at least annually[.]; OR
  H.  AN OFFICER OR MEMBER OF THE SANITATION POLICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
SANITATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK HAVING THE POWERS OF A PEACE  OFFICER
PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  FIFTY-NINE  OF  SECTION  2.10 OF THE CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE LAW.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.