STATE OF NEW YORK
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5626--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 2, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to designating
urban park rangers employed by the city of New York as peace officers
under state law
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 27 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure
2 law, as amended by chapter 664 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 27. New York city special patrolmen appointed by the police commis-
5 sioner pursuant to subdivision c or e of section 434a-7.0 or subdivision
6 c or e of section 14-106 of the administrative code of the city of New
7 York; provided, however, that nothing in this subdivision shall be
8 deemed to authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of
9 a firearm unless the appropriate license therefor has been issued pursu-
10 ant to section 400.00 of the penal law and the employer has authorized
11 such officer to possess a firearm during any phase of the officers
12 on-duty employment. Special patrolmen shall have the powers set forth in
13 section 2.20 of this article only when they are acting pursuant to their
14 special duties; provided, however, that the following categories of New
15 York city special patrolmen shall have such powers whether or not they
16 are acting pursuant to their special duties: school safety officers
17 employed by the board of education of the city of New York; parking
18 control specialists, taxi and limousine inspectors, [urban park rangers]
19 and evidence and property control specialists employed by the city of
20 New York; and further provided that, with respect to the aforementioned
21 categories of New York city special patrolmen, where such a special
22 patrolman has been appointed by the police commissioner and, upon the
23 expiration of such appointment the police commissioner has neither
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 renewed such appointment nor explicitly determined that such appointment
2 shall not be renewed, such appointment shall remain in full force and
3 effect indefinitely, until such time as the police commissioner express-
4 ly determines to either renew or terminate such appointment.
5 § 2. Section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding a
6 new subdivision 84 to read as follows:
7 84. While on the property of the city of New York, park rangers
8 employed by such city provided, however, that nothing in this subdivi-
9 sion shall be deemed to authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair
10 or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license therefor has been
11 issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law.
12 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
