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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7529
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 1, 2025
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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:
1 Section 1. Section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 88 to read as follows:
3 88. Park rangers of the Erie county department of parks, recreation
4 and forestry and building security of the Erie county department of
5 homeland security and emergency services, who shall be authorized to
6 issue appearance tickets, simplified traffic informations, simplified
7 parks informations and simplified environmental conservation informa-
8 tions; provided, however, that nothing in this subdivision shall be
9 deemed to authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of
10 a firearm unless the appropriate license therefor has been issued pursu-
11 ant to section 400.00 of the penal law.
12 § 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
