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Assembly Bill A6588

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Designates certain traffic enforcement agents as peace officers

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2025-A6588 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5763
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2.10, CP L

2025-A6588 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates all agents employed by the city of New York police department in the titles of traffic enforcement agent I and traffic enforcement agent II as peace officers.

2025-A6588 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6588
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation  to  designating
   certain traffic enforcement agents as peace officers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 27-a to read as follows:
   27-A. ALL AGENTS EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT IN
 THE  TITLES OF TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT I AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT
 II; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE  DEEMED
 TO  AUTHORIZE  ANY  SUCH AGENT TO CARRY, POSSESS, REPAIR OR DISPOSE OF A
 FIREARM UNLESS THE APPROPRIATE LICENSE THEREFOR HAS BEEN ISSUED PURSUANT
 TO SECTION 400.00 OF THE PENAL LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10423-01-5

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