Designates all chief fire marshals, assistant chief fire marshals, fire marshal IIs and fire marshal Is employed by the county of Suffolk or a town or village therein as peace officers.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8931
IN SENATE
January 16, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to designating
fire marshals in the county of Suffolk as peace officers; and to
repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 61 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure
2 law, as added by chapter 257 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 61. [Chief fire marshall, assistant chief fire marshall, fire marshall
5 II and fire marshall I, all of whom are full-time employees of the
6 Suffolk county department of fire, rescue and emergency services, when
7 acting pursuant to their special duties in matters arising under the
8 laws relating to fires, the extinguishment thereof and fire perils;
9 provided, however, that nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to
10 authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm
11 unless the appropriate license therefor has been issued pursuant to
12 section 400.00 of the penal law] Chief fire marshals, assistant chief
13 fire marshals, fire marshal IIs and fire marshal Is employed by the
14 county of Suffolk or a town or village therein.
15 § 2. Subdivision 62 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, as
16 added by chapter 204 of the laws of 1993, is REPEALED.
17 § 3. Subdivision 63 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, as
18 amended by chapter 638 of the laws of 2003, is REPEALED.
19 § 4. Subdivision 65 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law is
20 REPEALED.
21 § 5. Subdivision 71 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law is
22 REPEALED.
23 § 6. Subdivision 77 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, as
24 added by chapter 367 of the laws of 2004, is REPEALED.
25 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11585-02-5
