Senate Bill S8736A

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes the Syracuse regional airport authority to provide and maintain an authority police department and a uniformed authority police force

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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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2021-S8736 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9819
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2799-ggg, Pub Auth L; amd §2.10, CP L

2021-S8736 - Summary

Authorizes the Syracuse regional airport authority to designate its appointed security officers as peace officers or police officers pursuant to the criminal procedure law.

2021-S8736 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8736 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8736
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 5, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
   and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public authorities law and the criminal procedure
   law, in relation to authorizing the Syracuse regional airport authori-
   ty to designate certain employees as peace officers

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 2799-ggg of the public authorities law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 12-a to read as follows:
   12-A. TO APPOINT OR DESIGNATE ONE OR MORE PERSONS FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF
 ENFORCING  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  ESTABLISHED BY THE AUTHORITY, AND TO
 COMPEL THE OBSERVANCE OF LAW AND ORDER ON THE PROPERTIES AND  FACILITIES
 OF  THE  AUTHORITY FOR THE PROTECTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF SUCH PROPER-
 TIES AND FACILITIES. EACH PERSON AS AND WHEN SO APPOINTED OR  DESIGNATED
 SHALL  BE KNOWN AS A "SYRACUSE REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY SECURITY OFFI-
 CER" AND SHALL BE A PEACE OFFICER AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION EIGHTY-SIX
 OF SECTION 2.10 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, OR A POLICE OFFICER IF SO
 DESIGNATED BY THE AUTHORITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (E) OF SUBDIVI-
 SION THIRTY-FOUR OF SECTION 1.20 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW;
   § 2. Section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 86 to read as follows:
   86. SECURITY OFFICERS APPOINTED AND DESIGNATED AS  PEACE  OFFICERS  BY
 THE   SYRACUSE  REGIONAL  AIRPORT  AUTHORITY,  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION
 TWELVE-A OF SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-GGG OF  THE  PUBLIC
 AUTHORITIES  LAW;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION
 SHALL BE DEEMED TO AUTHORIZE SUCH OFFICER TO CARRY, POSSESS,  REPAIR  OR
 DISPOSE  OF  A  FIREARM UNLESS THE APPROPRIATE LICENSE THEREFOR HAS BEEN
 ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION 400.00 OF THE PENAL LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15150-01-2

2021-S8736A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9819
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2799-ggg, Pub Auth L; amd §2.10, CP L

2021-S8736A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the Syracuse regional airport authority to designate its appointed security officers as peace officers or police officers pursuant to the criminal procedure law.

2021-S8736A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8736A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8736--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 5, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
   and   Commissions  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation  to  authorizing
   the  Syracuse  regional  airport  authority to provide and maintain an
   authority police department and a uniformed authority police force
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public  authorities  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 2799-ggg-1 to read as follows:
   § 2799-GGG-1. AUTHORITY POLICE FORCE. THE AUTHORITY IS HEREBY  AUTHOR-
 IZED  AND  EMPOWERED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AN AUTHORITY POLICE DEPART-
 MENT AND A  UNIFORMED  AUTHORITY  POLICE  FORCE.  EACH  MEMBER  OF  SUCH
 UNIFORMED  POLICE  FORCE  SHALL  BE  A  "POLICE OFFICER" AS THAT TERM IS
 DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (E) OF SUBDIVISION THIRTY-FOUR OF SECTION  1.20  OF
 THE  CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, WITH ALL OF THE POWERS OF SUCH POLICE OFFI-
 CERS THEREUNDER AND SUBJECT TO THE SAME JURISDICTIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE
 EXERCISE OF THAT POWER AS SET FORTH IN SUCH LAW. THE  GEOGRAPHICAL  AREA
 OF  EMPLOYMENT  OF SUCH POLICE OFFICERS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CRIMINAL
 PROCEDURE LAW SHALL BE LIMITED TO  THE  BUILDINGS  AND  GROUNDS  OF  THE
 AUTHORITY.  SUCH DEPARTMENT AND FORCE SHALL HAVE THE POWER, IN AND ABOUT
 ANY OR ALL OF THE FACILITIES OWNED,  OCCUPIED  AND/OR  OPERATED  BY  THE
 AUTHORITY,  TO ENFORCE AND PREVENT VIOLATION OF ALL LAWS. NOTHING HEREIN
 SHALL CONFER UPON THE AUTHORITY POLICE FORCE OR  UPON  THEIR  COLLECTIVE
 NEGOTIATIONS  REPRESENTATIVES  EXCLUSIVE  JURISDICTION OR CLAIM OVER THE
 EXERCISE OF POLICE POWER OR SECURITY WORK ON BEHALF  OF  THE  AUTHORITY.
 NOTHING  HEREIN  SHALL  LIMIT  THE  AUTHORITY FROM CONTINUING TO RELY ON
 LOCAL POLICE FOR POLICE SERVICES.  HOWEVER, TRADITIONAL POLICE FUNCTIONS
 PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED BY THE CITY OF  SYRACUSE  POLICE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL
 CONTINUE TO BE PERFORMED BY THE AUTHORITY POLICE FORCE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15150-03-2

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