STATE OF NEW YORK
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8146
IN SENATE
April 8, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. FUNKE -- 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 granting
peace officer status to officers and members of the security force of
Rochester General Hospital
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 86 to read as follows:
3 86. Officers and members of the security force employed by the Roches-
4 ter General Hospital. Officers employed by the Rochester General Hospi-
5 tal shall have the powers of peace officers within the geographic area
6 occupied by the Rochester General Hospital, including the grounds and
7 premises owned, controlled, or administered by the Rochester General
8 Hospital, and any public street and sidewalk that abuts the grounds,
9 buildings or property of such grounds and premises. These officers shall
10 only have the powers listed in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (h),
11 and (i) of subdivision one of section 2.20 of this article, as well as
12 the power to detain an individual for a reasonable period of time while
13 awaiting the arrival of law enforcement, provided that the officer has
14 actual knowledge, or probable cause to believe, that such individual has
15 committed an offense; provided however, that nothing in this subdivision
16 shall be deemed to authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or
17 dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license therefor has been
18 issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16006-01-0