STATE OF NEW YORK
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8714
IN ASSEMBLY
January 11, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the hiring of
security guards by public sports venues with a capacity of at least
sixty thousand people located in the county of Erie; and to amend a
chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the general business law relating
to the applicability of the security guard act of nineteen hundred
ninety-two to facilities owned by a public sports venue, as proposed
in legislative bills numbers S. 7142-A and A. 7960-A, in relation to
the effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 89-w of the general business law, as amended by a
2 chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the general business law relating
3 to the applicability of the security guard act of nineteen hundred nine-
4 ty-two to facilities owned by a public sports venue, as proposed in
5 legislative bills numbers S. 7142-A and A. 7960-A, is amended to read as
6 follows:
7 § 89-w. Applicability. The provisions of this article shall not apply
8 to a not-for-profit security guard company, public entity, or tenant or
9 third-party security provider of such tenant of a publicly owned sports
10 venue with a capacity of at least sixty thousand people located in the
11 county of Erie, which hires a security guard or guards for a specific
12 event or events solely for its own proprietary use and which employs
13 such security guards only on a temporary basis for a total period not
14 exceeding fifteen days per year. Notwithstanding anything to the
15 contrary, such tenant or third-party security provider of a publicly
16 owned sports venue with a capacity of at least sixty thousand people
17 located in the county of Erie shall ensure that no less than fifty
18 percent of the security guards that such tenant or third-party security
19 provider hires have obtained a license under this article.
20 § 2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the general
21 business law relating to the applicability of the security guard act of
22 nineteen hundred ninety-two to facilities owned by a public sports
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11738-04-2
A. 8714 2
1 venue, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7142-A and A. 7960-A,
2 is amended to read as follows:
3 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
4 deemed repealed three years after such date.
5 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
6 section one of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
7 same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the general busi-
8 ness law relating to the applicability of the security guard act of
9 nineteen hundred ninety-two to facilities owned by a public sports
10 venue, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7142-A and A. 7960-A,
11 takes effect.