Bill Text: NY A02441 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends police officer status to bridge and tunnel officers, sergeants and lieutenants of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority and authorizes such authority to maintain a bridge and tunnel police department and a uniformed bridge and tunnel police force.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to codes [A02441 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A02441-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2441
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 15, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE, COLTON, PHEFFER, SEMINERIO -- Multi-Spon-
         sored  by -- M. of A.  BALL, BING, BOYLAND, BRENNAN, COOK, CYMBROWITZ,
         HOOPER, ORTIZ, J. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
         Codes
       AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure  law,  in  relation  to  granting
         police  officer  status  to  bridge and tunnel officers, sergeants and
         lieutenants of the Triborough bridge and tunnel  authority;  repealing
         subdivision  20  of  section 2.10 of such law relating thereto; and to
         amend the public authorities law, in  relation  to  providing  certain
         powers to the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 34 of section 1.20 of  the  criminal  procedure
    2  law is amended by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows:
    3    (W)  BRIDGE  AND  TUNNEL  OFFICERS,  SERGEANTS  AND LIEUTENANTS OF THE
    4  TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY.
    5    S 2. Subdivision 34-a of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law is
    6  amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
    7    (E) THE "GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF EMPLOYMENT" FOR THE  BRIDGE  AND  TUNNEL
    8  POLICE  FORCE OF THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY SHALL BE ALL
    9  FACILITIES OPERATED BY THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY.
   10    S 3. Subdivision 20 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure  law  is
   11  REPEALED.
   12    S  4. Section 553 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
   13  new subdivision 7-b to read as follows:
   14    7-B. IN ITS DISCRETION TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN  A  BRIDGE  AND  TUNNEL
   15  POLICE  DEPARTMENT  AND A UNIFORMED BRIDGE AND TUNNEL POLICE FORCE. SUCH
   16  DEPARTMENT AND FORCE SHALL HAVE THE POWER AND IT SHALL BE THEIR DUTY, IN
   17  AND ABOUT BRIDGE AND TUNNEL FACILITIES, TO PRESERVE  THE  PUBLIC  PEACE,
   18  PREVENT  CRIME, AND ARREST OFFENDERS, SUPPRESS RIOTS, MOBS AND INSURREC-
   19  TIONS, DISPERSE UNLAWFUL OR DANGEROUS ASSEMBLAGES AND ASSEMBLAGES  WHICH
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05408-01-9
       A. 2441                             2
    1  OBSTRUCT FREE PASSAGE; PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY; GUARD
    2  THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH;  REGULATE,  DIRECT, CONTROL AND RESTRICT PEDESTRIAN
    3  TRAFFIC; REMOVE ALL NUISANCES; ENFORCE AND PREVENT VIOLATION OF ALL LAWS
    4  AND  ORDINANCES;  AND FOR THESE PURPOSES TO ARREST ALL PERSONS GUILTY OF
    5  VIOLATING ANY LAW OR ORDINANCE. APPOINTMENTS TO SUCH BRIDGE  AND  TUNNEL
    6  POLICE  FORCE  SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF
    7  THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW AND ONLY PERSONS WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN CONVICTED  OF
    8  A  FELONY,  AND WHO ARE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES SHALL BE APPOINTED
    9  BRIDGE AND TUNNEL PATROLMEN ON THE BRIDGE AND TUNNEL POLICE FORCE.  EACH
   10  MEMBER  OF  SUCH FORCE SHALL BE A POLICE OFFICER AS DEFINED BY PARAGRAPH
   11  (W) OF SUBDIVISION THIRTY-FOUR OF SECTION 1.20 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
   12  LAW.
   13    THE AUTHORITY MAY APPOINT A NON-CIVILIAN CHIEF AND A DEPUTY  CHIEF  OF
   14  THE  BRIDGE  AND  TUNNEL POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE
   15  AUTHORITY, MAY BE SELECTED FROM THE  RANKS  OF  THE  BRIDGE  AND  TUNNEL
   16  POLICE FORCE, AND ASSIGN POWERS AND DUTIES TO THEM AND FIX THEIR COMPEN-
   17  SATION.  THE  CHIEF  SHALL  BE  THE  HEAD OF SUCH DEPARTMENT. DURING THE
   18  ABSENCE OR DISABILITY OF THE CHIEF, THE DEPUTY CHIEF SHALL  POSSESS  ALL
   19  THE  POWERS  AND  PERFORM  ALL  THE DUTIES OF THE CHIEF.  THE BRIDGE AND
   20  TUNNEL POLICE FORCE SHALL CONSIST OF CAPTAINS,  LIEUTENANTS,  SERGEANTS,
   21  PATROLMEN  AND POLICEWOMEN. THE AUTHORITY MAY DETAIL PERSONS IN THE RANK
   22  OF CAPTAIN OF THE BRIDGE AND TUNNEL POLICE  FORCE  TO  SERVE  IN  HIGHER
   23  RANKS.  A  CAPTAIN  WHEN  SO  DETAILED  TO SERVE IN A HIGHER RANK MAY BE
   24  GRANTED AN INCREASE IN SALARY ABOVE THE GRADE ESTABLISHED FOR  THE  RANK
   25  OF CAPTAIN IN THE UNIFORMED FORCE.
   26    S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.