Assembly Bill A5254

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to police staffing at certain parks

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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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2017-A5254 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1383
Current Committee:
Assembly Tourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development
Law Section:
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3.07, Pks & Rec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8020, S5882
2019-2020: A5191, S534
2021-2022: S1642
2023-2024: S39

2017-A5254 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to police staffing at certain parks.

2017-A5254 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5254
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
   relation to police staffing at certain parks
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3.07 of the parks, recreation and historic  preser-
 vation  law  is  amended  by adding three new subdivisions 3, 4 and 5 to
 read as follows:
   3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE HEALTH, SAFETY  AND  WELFARE
 OF  THE  PUBLIC  USING  FACILITIES  UNDER  ITS JURISDICTION, WHICH SHALL
 INCLUDE ENSURING A MINIMUM STAFF OF THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE PERMANENT-
 LY APPOINTED, FULL TIME REGIONAL STATE PARK  POLICE  OFFICERS  AT  STATE
 PARKS,  BEACHES,  CAMPGROUNDS,  HISTORIC  SITES AND CONCERT VENUES.  THE
 NUMBER OF REGIONAL STATE PARK POLICE OFFICERS DEPLOYED  TO  EACH  REGION
 SHALL BE EQUIVALENT TO THE PERCENTAGE OF EACH REGION'S FIVE YEAR ATTEND-
 ANCE AVERAGE.
   4.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  NOT  OPEN A NEW STATE PARK, BEACH, CAMP-
 GROUND, HISTORIC SITE OR CONCERT VENUE UNLESS IT SUBMITS A STAFFING PLAN
 TO THE LEGISLATURE THAT DEMONSTRATES THERE IS  A  SUFFICIENT  NUMBER  OF
 REGIONAL  STATE PARK POLICE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE AND APPROPRIATE DELIVERY
 OF POLICE SERVICES TO PATRONS VISITING THE NEW SITE.
   5. THE COMMISSIONER MAY REDEPLOY REGIONAL STATE PARK  POLICE  OFFICERS
 OUTSIDE  OF THEIR ASSIGNED REGION IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.  EMERGEN-
 CIES ARE DEFINED AS NATURAL DISASTERS,  DECLARED  EMERGENCIES  AND  MASS
 CASUALTY INCIDENTS.
   §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00285-01-7

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