Designates uniformed officers of the fire marshal's office of the town of Huntington as peace officers.

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S6996-2011 Actions

• Dec 17, 2012: VETOED MEMO.189
• Dec 5, 2012: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
• Jun 20, 2012: returned to senate
• Jun 20, 2012: passed assembly
• Jun 20, 2012: ordered to third reading rules cal.455
• Jun 20, 2012: substituted for a9883
• Jun 12, 2012: referred to codes
• Jun 12, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 12, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 12, 2012: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1156
• Jun 12, 2012: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
• Apr 19, 2012: REFERRED TO CODES

S6996-2011 Meetings

Rules: Jun 18, 2012

S6996-2011 Calendars

Floor Calendar: Jun 12, 2012

S6996-2011 Votes

S6996-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S6996

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to designating
uniformed officers of the fire marshal's office of the town of
Huntington as peace officers

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To allow those uniformed officers who
serve in the Fire Marshal's office in the Town of Huntington the same
powers and responsibilities as officers holding the same positions in
the towns of Southampton and Riverhead.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
The Criminal Procedure Law, Section
2.10, Subdivision 63 is amended to add the words and the Town of
Huntington to existing law.

JUSTIFICATION:
In amending the Criminal Procedure Law, the State
Legislature can dramatically expand the number of peace officers
available to respond to certain emergencies by providing peace
officer status to unarmed, uniformed-service member of the Fire
Marshal' office in the Town of Huntington.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A.8255   - Vetoed in 2007
A.10719  - Vetoed in 2008
A.5709A  - Referred to Codes, Rules. Passed Assembly, Senate
Vetoed in 2009
Vetoed in 2011

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S6996-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

      S. 6996                                                  A. 9883

                        SENATE - ASSEMBLY

                               April 19, 2012
                                 ___________

  IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. FLANAGAN, MARCELLINO -- read twice and
    ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
    Codes

  IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced  by  M.  of A. CONTE, RAIA -- read once and
    referred to the Committee on Codes

  AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation  to  designating
    uniformed  officers  of the fire marshal's office of the town of Hunt-
    ington as peace officers

    THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section  1.  Subdivision  63 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure
  law, as amended by chapter 638 of the laws of 2003, is amended  to  read
  as follows:

    63.  Uniformed  members  of  the  fire marshal's office in the town of
  Southampton [and], the town of Riverhead AND  THE  TOWN  OF  HUNTINGTON,
  when  acting  pursuant  to their special duties in matters arising under
  the laws relating to fires, the extinguishment thereof and fire  perils;
  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.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD09235-01-1