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                                    560
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRAUNSTEIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic  Devel-
   opment
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business  law, in relation to training
   requirements

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraphs f and g of subdivision 4 of section 89-n of the
 general business law, paragraph f as amended and paragraph g as added by
 chapter 221 of the laws of 2003, are amended and a new  paragraph  h  is
 added to read as follows:
   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.  A  FEDERAL  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  OFFICER HAVING THE POWERS OF A PEACE
 OFFICER PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWO 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 FEDERAL LAW  ENFORCEMENT  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  COMMISSIONER,  AND  PROVIDED
 FURTHER,  HOWEVER,  THAT  A  RETIRED FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.