Designates security hospital treatment assistants in the office of mental health as peace officers while performing duties in or arising out of the course of such person's employment.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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471
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 5, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, COOK, ORTIZ, SCHROEDER -- Multi-Spon-
sored by -- M. of A. CALHOUN, JAFFEE, LUPARDO, MARKEY, McENENY,
PEOPLES-STOKES, PHEFFER, REILLY, SAYWARD, TOBACCO, 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 § 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.
LBD02003-01-1
