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Senate Bill S4143

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Eliminates the residency requirement for the chief animal law SPCA as the chief animal law enforcement officer and peace officers of such society

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2017-S4143 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-b, Pub Off L

2017-S4143 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates the residency requirement for the chief animal law enforcement officer of a duly incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals or for persons duly appointed as peace officers of such society for the prevention of cruelty to animals.

2017-S4143 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4143 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4143
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to eliminating  the
   residency  requirement for the chief animal law enforcement officer of
   a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals and for  the  peace
   officers employed thereby
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3-b of the public officers law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. NEITHER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION OR OF ANY  GENERAL,  SPECIAL
 OR  LOCAL LAW, CHARTER, CODE, ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION, RULE OR REGULATION,
 REQUIRING A PERSON TO BE A RESIDENT  OF  THE  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  OR
 MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE BY WHICH HE OR SHE IS EMPLOYED, SHALL
 APPLY  TO  A  PERSON  EMPLOYED  BY  A  DULY INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR THE
 PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AS THE  CHIEF  ANIMAL  LAW  ENFORCEMENT
 OFFICER AND PERSONS DULY APPOINTED AS PEACE OFFICERS OF SUCH SOCIETY FOR
 THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09344-01-7

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