NY State Senate Bill 2021-S6279

Senate Bill S6279

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to expanding the geographical area of employment of university police officers; repealer

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Delivered to Governor
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Apr 20, 2021	referred to codes

2021-S6279 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Codes
Law Section:: Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1.20, rpld §1.20 sub 34-a ¶(d), CP L; amd §355, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S8980
2019-2020: S3749
2023-2024: S83

2021-S6279 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to expanding the geographical area of employment of university police officers; extends the jurisdiction of New York state university police officers from state university of New York property and abutting roadways to all areas of the state.

2021-S6279 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6279

SPONSOR: GALLIVAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the criminal procedure law and the education law, in
relation to expanding the geographical area of employment of university
police officers; and to repeal paragraph (d) of subdivision 34-a of
section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law relating thereto

 
PURPOSE:

This bill will give university police officers the same jurisdiction as
other police officers in the state

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends subdivision 34-a of section 1.20 of the criminal proce-
dure law, thereby defining the geographical area of employment of police
officers appointed by the state university of New York as New York
state.

Section 2 amends subdivision 34-a of section 1.20 of the criminal proce-
dure law, thereby making New York state the geographical area of employ-
ment of police officers appointed by the state university of New York.

Section 3 repeals paragraph (d) of subdivision 34-a of section 1.20 of
the criminal procedure law.

Section 4 removes the language outlining the specific jurisdiction for
university police.

Section 5 is the enacting clause.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

On January 1, 1999, SUNY Public Safety officers gained Police Officer
status however; the jurisdiction of university police officers was
limited to university property and the highways between such properties.
The limited jurisdiction restricts a university police officer's ability
to protect and serve. This bill will give university police officers the
same jurisdiction as other police officers in the state.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: S.3749/A.7543 Referred to codes

2017-18: S.8980A/A.10745A Passed Senate/referred to codes

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amendments to
paragraph (a) of subdivision 34-a of section L of the criminal procedure
law made by section one of this act shall be subject to the expiration
and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to section 3 of chapter 428 of
the laws of 1999, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of
section two of this act shall take effect.

2021-S6279 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6279
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law and  the  education  law,  in
   relation to expanding the geographical area of employment of universi-
   ty police officers; and to repeal paragraph (d) of subdivision 34-a of
   section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law relating thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 34-a of section  1.20  of  the
 criminal  procedure  law, as amended by chapter 428 of the laws of 1999,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (a) [Except as provided in paragraph (d)  of  this  subdivision,]  New
 York  state  constitutes  the  "geographical  area of employment" of any
 police officer employed as such by an agency  of  the  state  or  by  an
 authority  which  functions  throughout  the  state, or a police officer
 designated by the superintendent of state police pursuant to section two
 hundred twenty-three of the executive law;
   § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 34-a of section 1.20 of the criminal
 procedure law, as amended by chapter 424 of the laws of 1998, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (a) [Except as provided in paragraph (d),] New York state  constitutes
 the  "geographical area of employment" of any police officer employed as
 such by an agency of the  state  or  by  an  authority  which  functions
 throughout the state;
   § 3. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 34-a of section 1.20 of the criminal
 procedure law is REPEALED.
   § 4. Paragraph l of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  424 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as
 follows:
   l. To appoint university police officers who shall have the powers  of
 police  officers  and  to  remove  such  police  officers  at  pleasure;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD10981-01-1

 S. 6279                             2
 
 provided, however, that any person appointed a police officer must  have
 satisfactorily  completed or complete within one year of the date of his
 appointment a course of law enforcement training approved by the munici-
 pal  police  training  council in consultation with the university.  [It
 shall be the duty of such police officers to preserve law and  order  on
 the campuses and other property of the university, including any portion
 of a public highway which crosses or abuts such property.]
   Subject  to  the  approval  of  the  chancellor, the president of each
 state-operated campus of the state university [shall] MAY enter  into  a
 written  agreement  with adjoining law enforcement agencies establishing
 protocols for the exercise of authority by such university police  offi-
 cer off-campus, including mutual aid and assistance. Such written proto-
 cols  shall  not  be  deemed  to supersede the authority of other police
 officers.  The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply  to  any  of
 the state institutions and property referred to in section five thousand
 seven hundred nine of this chapter.
   §  5.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 34-a of section  1.20  of
 the  criminal  procedure  law  made  by section one of this act shall be
 subject to the expiration and reversion of such  paragraph  pursuant  to
 section 3 of chapter 428 of the laws of 1999, as amended, when upon such
 date the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.

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