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Senate Bill S247

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to peace officer powers of safety officers

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2017-S247 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7057
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§7.25 & 13.25, Ment Hyg L; amd §455, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7440, A10231
2013-2014: S5225, A7511
2015-2016: S3628, A7674
2019-2020: A10146

2017-S247 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to peace officer powers of safety officers.

2017-S247 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S247 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    247
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
   mental Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law and the  public  health  law,  in
   relation to peace officer powers of safety officers

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 7.25 of the mental hygiene  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  22  of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) The commissioner and the directors of in-patient facilities in the
 office of mental health [may] SHALL designate safety officers to act  as
 special  policemen whose duty it shall be, under orders of the appropri-
 ate officer, to preserve peace and good  order  in  facilities  of  such
 office  and  to fully protect the grounds, buildings, and patients. Such
 safety officers [acting as special  policemen]  shall  possess  all  the
 powers  of  peace officers, as set forth in section 2.20 of the criminal
 procedure law[, while performing duties in or arising out of the  course
 of  their employment]. Such peace officers when acting pursuant to their
 special duties may issue and serve a simplified traffic information  and
 appearance  ticket,  in the form prescribed by the commissioner of motor
 vehicles pursuant to section two hundred seven of the vehicle and  traf-
 fic law, upon a person when he has reasonable cause to believe that such
 person  has  committed  a  traffic infraction in his presence, and shall
 have the power to issue and serve an appearance  ticket  as  defined  in
 section 150.10 of the criminal procedure law for an offense other than a
 felony in lieu of an arrest.
   §  2.  Subdivision  (a) of section 13.25 of the mental hygiene law, as
 amended by chapter 969 of the laws  of  1983,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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