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Assembly Bill A3247

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Designates U.S. Veterans Affairs police officers as peace officers

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2013-A3247 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2.15, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A2602

2013-A3247 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates police officers, special agents and criminal investigators of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as peace officers; grants additional powers.

2013-A3247 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3247

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 24, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RABBITT, KOLB, RAIA, HAWLEY -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation  to  designating
  police officers of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs as
  peace officers

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 21 of section 2.15 of  the  criminal  procedure
law,  as added by chapter 549 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as
follows:
  21. United States  Department  of  Veterans  [Administration]  AFFAIRS
SPECIAL  AGENTS, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS AND police officers [employed at
the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Batavia]; PROVIDED HOWEVER
THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS  SECTION  TO  THE  CONTRARY,
THEY  SHALL  ALSO HAVE THE POWERS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVI-
SION ONE OF SECTION 140.25 OF THIS CHAPTER AND THE POWERS SET  FORTH  IN
PARAGRAPHS  (D),  (E) AND (G) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 2.20 OF THIS
ARTICLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01029-02-3

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