Assembly Bill A7993

2021-2022 Legislative Session

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

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A7993 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2682
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1.20 & 2.10, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7998, S6565
2017-2018: A6076, S4499
2019-2020: A7542, S373, S8050
2023-2024: A5207, S2778

2021-A7993 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2021-A7993 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7993
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to 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];
   § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 34 of section 1.20 of  the  criminal
 procedure law, as amended by section 13 of part BBB of chapter 59 of the
 laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   (b)  Sheriffs, under-sheriffs and deputy sheriffs [of counties outside
 of New York City where such department is certified in  accordance  with
 paragraph (d) of subdivision one of section eight hundred forty-six-h of
 the executive law];
   §  3.  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.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 section  two  of  this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
 same manner as section 13 of part BBB of chapter 59 of the laws of 2021,
 takes effect.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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