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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5214
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 7, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. RAIA, MONTESANO, FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored by --
M. of A. 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.
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