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Assembly Bill A7998A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Designates sheriffs, under-sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the city of New York as police officers

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2015-A7998 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6565
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1.20 & 2.10, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A6076, S4499
2019-2020: A7542, S373, S8050
2021-2022: A7993, S2682
2023-2024: A5207, S2778
2025-2026: A3300, S1184

2015-A7998 - Summary

Designates sheriffs, under-sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the city of New York as police officers.

2015-A7998 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7998

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 3, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend  the criminal procedure law, in relation to the defi-
  nition of "police officers"

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision 34 of section 1.20 of the
criminal procedure law is amended to read as follows:
  (b) Sheriffs, under-sheriffs and deputy sheriffs [of counties  outside
of New York City];
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11360-01-5

2015-A7998A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6565
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1.20 & 2.10, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A6076, S4499
2019-2020: A7542, S373, S8050
2021-2022: A7993, S2682
2023-2024: A5207, S2778
2025-2026: A3300, S1184

2015-A7998A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates sheriffs, under-sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the city of New York as police officers.

2015-A7998A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 7998--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 3, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Codes  -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accordance with
  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the criminal  procedure  law,  in  relation  designating
  sheriffs,  under-sheriffs  and deputy sheriffs of the city of New York
  as police officers

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision 34 of section 1.20 of the
criminal procedure law is amended to read as follows:
  (b) Sheriffs, under-sheriffs and deputy sheriffs [of counties  outside
of New York City];
  S  2.  Subdivision 2 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, as
amended by chapter 969 of the laws  of  1983,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows;
  2. [The sheriff, undersheriff and deputy sheriffs of New York city and
sworn]  SWORN  officers  of  the Westchester county department of public
safety services appointed after January thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred
eighty-three  to  the title of public safety officer and who perform the
functions previously performed by a Westchester county deputy sheriff on
or prior to such date.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11360-03-6

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