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                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRAUNSTEIN  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the  general  business  law,  in  relation  to  training
   requirements
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs f and g of subdivision 4 of section 89-n of  the
 general business law, paragraph f as amended and paragraph g as added by
 chapter  221  of  the laws of 2003, are amended and a new paragraph h is
 added to read as follows:
   f. a police officer as defined in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d),  (e),
 (f),  (j),  (k),  (l), (o) and (p) of subdivision thirty-four of section
 1.20 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 police 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 commis-
 sioner, and provided further, however, that a retired police 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 commissioner
 and, if such firearms training course has not been completed within  one
 year  prior to such employment, satisfactory completion of an additional
 eight hour annual firearms in-service training course  approved  by  the
 commissioner,  such  training  course to be completed at least annually;
 [or]
   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

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02661-01-9

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 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 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER HAVING  THE  POWERS  OF  A  PEACE
 OFFICER  PURSUANT  TO ARTICLE TWO 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 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 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 COMMISSIONER, AND PROVIDED
 FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT A RETIRED FEDERAL  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  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  COMMISSIONER
 AND,  IF SUCH FIREARMS TRAINING COURSE HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED WITHIN ONE
 YEAR PRIOR TO SUCH EMPLOYMENT, SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF AN  ADDITIONAL
 EIGHT  HOUR  ANNUAL  FIREARMS IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSE APPROVED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER, SUCH TRAINING COURSE TO BE COMPLETED AT LEAST ANNUALLY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.