Assembly Bill A8309

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Exempts certain security guards from annual in-service training courses

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A8309 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §89-n, Gen Bus L

2023-A8309 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts registered security guards with a bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university in criminal justice or an equivalent from annual in service-training courses.

2023-A8309 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8309
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Economic Development
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to exempting
   certain security guards from annual in-service training courses
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  89-n  of  the general business law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. A SECURITY GUARD SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH
 D OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION AS LONG AS HE OR SHE  IS  CURRENTLY
 REGISTERED  WITH  THE  STATE TO BE A SECURITY GUARD AND HAS A BACHELOR'S
 DEGREE OR HIGHER FROM AN ACCREDITED COLLEGE OR  UNIVERSITY  IN  CRIMINAL
 JUSTICE OR AN EQUIVALENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13467-01-3

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