Assembly Bill A7597

2023-2024 Legislative Session

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

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A7597 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S83
Current Committee:
Assembly 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: A10746, S8980
2019-2020: A7543, S3749
2021-2022: S6279

2023-A7597 (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.

2023-A7597 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7597
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ANGELINO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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.
                                                            LBD00559-01-3
              

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