Bill Text: NY A00737 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 737 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to certain persons designated as peace officers

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-7)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-06-15 - REFERRED TO RULES [A00737 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A00737-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          737
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M. of A. GUNTHER, COOK, DESTITO, ORTIZ, JOHN, SCHROEDER,
         WALKER, ALFANO, BARRA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CALHOUN, ERRI-
         GO, JAFFEE, KOON, LUPARDO, MARKEY, McENENY, PEOPLES, PHEFFER,  REILLY,
         SAYWARD,  TOBACCO,  TOWNSEND,  WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the criminal  procedure  law,  in  relation  to  certain
         persons designated as peace officers
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 52 of section 2.10 of  the  criminal  procedure
    2  law,  as added by chapter 969 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    52.  Security hospital treatment assistants[, as so designated by  the
    5  commissioner  of]  IN  the  office  of mental health while [transporting
    6  persons convicted of a crime to court, to other  facilities  within  the
    7  jurisdiction  of  the  office of mental health, or to any state or local
    8  correctional facility] PERFORMING DUTIES IN OR ARISING OUT OF THE COURSE
    9  OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT; provided, however, that nothing in this subdivision
   10  shall be deemed to authorize such employee to carry, possess, repair  or
   11  dispose  of  a  firearm unless the appropriate license therefor has been
   12  issued pursuant to section 400.00 of THE penal law.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   14  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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