Provides that harbor masters and bay constables appointed by a county, city, town or village, have the power to arrest on warrants pursuant to their special duties within their geographical area of employment.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3471
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 27, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. RAIA, MONTESANO, GRAF, FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored
by -- M. of A. LUPINACCI, McDONOUGH, THIELE -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the power of
harbor masters and bay constables to arrest on warrants pursuant to
their special duties
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2.20 of the criminal procedure law
2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:
3 (k) Harbor masters and bay constables have the power to arrest on
4 warrants pursuant to their special duties within their geographical area
5 of employment.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06873-01-7
