Assembly Bill A7511

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to peace officer powers of safety officers

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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-A7511 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5225
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§7.25 & 13.25, Ment Hyg L; amd §455, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10231, S7440
2015-2016: A7674, S3628
2017-2018: A7057, S247
2019-2020: A10146

2013-A7511 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to peace officer powers of safety officers.

2013-A7511 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7511

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 22, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend  the mental hygiene law and the public health law, in
  relation to peace officer powers of safety officers

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

  Section  1. Subdivision (a) of section 7.25 of the mental hygiene law,
as amended by chapter 22 of the laws of 1984,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (a) The commissioner and the directors of in-patient facilities in the
office  of mental health [may] SHALL designate safety officers to act as
special policemen whose duty it shall be, under orders of the  appropri-
ate  officer,  to  preserve  peace  and good order in facilities of such
office and to fully protect the grounds, buildings, and  patients.  Such
safety  officers  [acting  as  special  policemen] shall possess all the
powers of peace officers, as set forth in section 2.20 of  the  criminal
procedure  law[, while performing duties in or arising out of the course
of their employment]. Such peace officers when acting pursuant to  their
special  duties may issue and serve a simplified traffic information and
appearance ticket, in the form prescribed by the commissioner  of  motor
vehicles  pursuant to section two hundred seven of the vehicle and traf-
fic law, upon a person when he has reasonable cause to believe that such
person has committed a traffic infraction in  his  presence,  and  shall
have  the  power  to  issue and serve an appearance ticket as defined in
section 150.10 of the criminal procedure law for an offense other than a
felony in lieu of an arrest.
  S 2. Subdivision (a) of section 13.25 of the mental  hygiene  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  969  of  the  laws  of 1983, is amended to read as
follows:
  (a) The commissioner and the directors of facilities under his  juris-
diction  [may] SHALL designate safety officers to act as special police-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04793-01-3

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