Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 02, 2021 |
signed chap.371 |
Jul 21, 2021 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 07, 2021 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.450 substituted for a6330a |
Jun 01, 2021 |
referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 24, 2021 |
advanced to third reading |
May 20, 2021 |
2nd report cal. |
May 18, 2021 |
1st report cal.1142 |
May 05, 2021 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S6540
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 56th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
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2021-S6540 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S6540 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6540 SPONSOR: COONEY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to residency requirements for certain peace officers in Monroe county SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subdivision 1 of section 3-b of the public officers law to authorize non-residents of Monroe county to be appointed as peace officers for the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. Section 2 sets forth the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Current law requires that peace officers for SPCAs (societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals) live in the county in which the SPCA is registered. In the case of the Lollypop Farm/Humane Society of Great-
2021-S6540 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6540 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 5, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- 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 residency requirements for certain peace officers in Monroe county THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3-b of the public officers law, as separately amended by chapters 145 and 175 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows: 1. No sheriff of a county, mayor of a city, or official, or other persons authorized by law to appoint special deputy sheriffs, special constables, marshals, police officers, or peace officers in this state, to preserve the public peace or quell public disturbance, shall hereaft- er, at the instance of any agent, society, association or corporation, or otherwise, appoint as such special deputy, special constable, marshal, police officer, or peace officer, any person who shall not be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the state of New York, and entitled to vote therein at the time of his appointment, and a resi- dent of the same county as the mayor or sheriff or other official making such appointment; provided, however, that when, in the judgment of a sheriff of a county except those counties within the city of New York a situation exists which requires temporary additional assistance, such sheriff may appoint special deputy sheriffs who are non-residents of the county but residents of the state of New York who shall hold office until such time as the appointing sheriff determines that the situation no longer exists; and no person shall assume or exercise the functions, powers, duties or privileges incident and belonging to the office of special deputy sheriff, special constables, marshal, police officer, or peace officer, without having first received his appointment in writing from the authority lawfully appointing him. Nothing herein contained, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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