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                                   3750
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2021
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation  to  appointment  of  school
   resource officers to private elementary and secondary schools
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The county law is amended by adding a new  section  663  to
 read as follows:
   §  663.  APPOINTMENT OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AT PRIVATE ELEMENTARY
 AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW  TO
 THE  CONTRARY, THE SHERIFF OF ANY COUNTY, ANY PART OR ALL OF WHICH FALLS
 OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE,
 MAY APPOINT A DEPUTY AS A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, SCHOOL  SAFETY  OFFI-
 CER, SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICER OR ANY OTHER SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR POSITION
 OR  OFFICE  THAT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SAFETY AND/OR SECURITY ON SCHOOL
 GROUNDS, TO A REQUESTING PRIVATE ELEMENTARY OR  SECONDARY  SCHOOL  WHERE
 THERE ARE NO AVAILABLE LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT.  THE SHER-
 IFF  MAY  APPOINT SUCH SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICERS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
 ONLY IF MORE THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF THE TOTAL ACREAGE  OF  REAL  PROPERTY
 OWNED  BY  OR  UNDER THE CONTROL OF SUCH PRIVATE ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY
 SCHOOL IS LOCATED WITHIN  SUCH  SHERIFF'S  COUNTY  OF  JURISDICTION  AND
 OUTSIDE  THE  GEOGRAPHIC  BOUNDARIES OF ANY CITY WITHIN SUCH COUNTY. THE
 SHERIFF MAY APPOINT SUCH SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICERS  ONLY  IF  THE  COUNTY
 LEGISLATURE OR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, PURSUANT TO LOCAL LAW OR RESOLUTION
 DULY  ADOPTED, HAS AUTHORIZED THE SHERIFF TO MAKE SUCH APPOINTMENTS. ANY
 SUCH APPOINTED SCHOOL  RESOURCE  OFFICERS  SHALL  BE  EMPLOYEES  OF  THE
 PRIVATE  ELEMENTARY  OR SECONDARY SCHOOL REQUESTING SUCH APPOINTMENT AND
 SHALL NOT BE OFFICERS, AGENTS, SERVANTS OR EMPLOYEES OF  THE  APPOINTING
 SHERIFF OR HIS COUNTY OF JURISDICTION NOR BE CONSIDERED PUBLIC OFFICERS,
 AGENTS, SERVANTS OR EMPLOYEES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07933-01-1
              

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   2.  THE  SHERIFF  MAY CONDITION APPOINTMENT AS PRIVATE SCHOOL RESOURCE
 OFFICERS UPON COMPLIANCE BY SUCH SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS  WITH  WRITTEN
 PROCEDURES  ESTABLISHED  BY THE SHERIFF IN ORDER TO ENSURE A COORDINATED
 AND COOPERATIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORT AND THE PAYMENT OF AN ADMINISTRA-
 TIVE  FEE NOT TO EXCEED FIFTY DOLLARS PER YEAR PER SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFI-
 CER, AND MAY REVOKE SUCH APPOINTMENTS AT ANY TIME FOR MATERIAL  NON-COM-
 PLIANCE  WITH  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  SUCH WRITTEN PROCEDURES OR FOR ANY
 OTHER REASON THAT SHALL DISQUALIFY A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER FROM  BEING
 SUCH SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.