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Assembly Bill A7529

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to granting peace officer status to park rangers of Erie county

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2025-A7529 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8336
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2.10, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10812
2021-2022: A3786
2023-2024: A3515

2025-A7529 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants certain park rangers and building security of Erie county peace officer status to issue appearance tickets, simplified traffic informations, simplified parks informations and simplified environmental conservation informations; provides that such shall not be deemed to authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license has been issued therefor.

2025-A7529 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7529
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 1, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure  law,  in  relation  to  granting
   peace officer status to certain Erie county employees
 
   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 88 to read as follows:
   88.  PARK  RANGERS  OF THE ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION
 AND FORESTRY AND BUILDING SECURITY OF  THE  ERIE  COUNTY  DEPARTMENT  OF
 HOMELAND  SECURITY  AND  EMERGENCY  SERVICES, WHO SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO
 ISSUE APPEARANCE TICKETS, SIMPLIFIED  TRAFFIC  INFORMATIONS,  SIMPLIFIED
 PARKS  INFORMATIONS  AND  SIMPLIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION INFORMA-
 TIONS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING  IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE
 DEEMED TO AUTHORIZE SUCH OFFICER TO CARRY, POSSESS, REPAIR OR DISPOSE OF
 A FIREARM UNLESS THE APPROPRIATE LICENSE THEREFOR HAS BEEN ISSUED PURSU-
 ANT 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.
                                                            LBD10450-01-5

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