Assembly Bill A6991A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to exempting retired federal agents and border patrol agents from training requirements for security guards

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A6991 - Details

Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §89-n, Gen Bus L

2013-A6991 - Summary

Exempts retired federal agents and border patrol agents who have been retired for a period not to exceed ten years from training requirements for security guards.

2013-A6991 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6991

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 29, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GABRYSZAK  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Economic Development

AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  exempting
  retired federal agents and border patrol agents from training require-
  ments for security guards

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph g of subdivision 4 of section 89-n of the general
business law, as added by chapter 221 of the laws of  2003,  is  amended
and a new paragraph h is added to read as follows:
  g.  a peace officer as defined in subdivisions two, twenty and twenty-
five and paragraphs a and b of subdivision twenty-one of section 2.10 of
the criminal procedure law who has been retired from such employment for
a period not to exceed ten years,  provided,  however,  that  a  retired
peace  officer who has been retired from such employment for a period in
excess of ten years shall be required to provide proof  to  his  or  her
security  guard  employer  of  his  or her satisfactory completion of an
eight hour annual in-service training course approved by  the  municipal
police  training  council, and provided further, however, that a retired
peace officer who will be required by his or her security guard employer
to carry a firearm or will be authorized to have  access  to  a  firearm
shall  provide  to  such  employer  proof  of  his  or  her satisfactory
completion of a forty-seven hour firearms training  course  approved  by
the  municipal  police  training  council and, if such firearms training
course has not been completed  within  one  year  prior  to  employment,
satisfactory  completion  of  an  additional  eight hour annual firearms
in-service training course approved by  the  municipal  police  training
council, such training course to be completed at least annually[.]; OR
  H. A RETIRED FEDERAL AGENT OR BORDER PATROL AGENT WHO HAS BEEN RETIRED
FROM SUCH EMPLOYMENT FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED TEN YEARS, PROVIDED THAT
SUCH  INDIVIDUAL PROVIDES PROOF OF HIS OR HER SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF
TRAINING SUBSTANTIALLY  SIMILAR  TO  THE  TRAINING  SET  FORTH  IN  THIS
SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

2013-A6991A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §89-n, Gen Bus L

2013-A6991A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts retired federal agents and border patrol agents who have been retired for a period not to exceed ten years from training requirements for security guards.

2013-A6991A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 6991--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 29, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GABRYSZAK  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee  on  Economic  Development  --  committee  discharged,  bill
  amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
  tee

AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  exempting
  retired federal agents and border patrol agents from training require-
  ments for security guards

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph g of subdivision 4 of section 89-n of the general
business law, as added by chapter 221 of the laws of  2003,  is  amended
and a new paragraph h is added to read as follows:
  g.  a peace officer as defined in subdivisions two, twenty and twenty-
five and paragraphs a and b of subdivision twenty-one of section 2.10 of
the criminal procedure law who has been retired from such employment for
a period not to exceed ten years,  provided,  however,  that  a  retired
peace  officer who has been retired from such employment for a period in
excess of ten years shall be required to provide proof  to  his  or  her
security  guard  employer  of  his  or her satisfactory completion of an
eight hour annual in-service training course approved by  the  municipal
police  training  council, and provided further, however, that a retired
peace officer who will be required by his or her security guard employer
to carry a firearm or will be authorized to have  access  to  a  firearm
shall  provide  to  such  employer  proof  of  his  or  her satisfactory
completion of a forty-seven hour firearms training  course  approved  by
the  municipal  police  training  council and, if such firearms training
course has not been completed  within  one  year  prior  to  employment,
satisfactory  completion  of  an  additional  eight hour annual firearms
in-service training course approved by  the  municipal  police  training
council, such training course to be completed at least annually[.]; OR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10141-04-3

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