Authorizes non-residents of the county of Allegany to be appointed as peace officers for the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals for such county.

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S6202-2011 Actions

• Dec 17, 2012: SIGNED CHAP.497
• Dec 5, 2012: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
• Jun 18, 2012: returned to senate
• Jun 18, 2012: passed assembly
• Jun 18, 2012: ordered to third reading rules cal.302
• Jun 18, 2012: substituted for a9306
• Jun 13, 2012: referred to codes
• Jun 13, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 13, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Apr 25, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Apr 19, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Apr 18, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.537
• Jan 12, 2012: REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

S6202-2011 Meetings

Investigations and Government Operations: Apr 18, 2012

S6202-2011 Calendars

Active List: Jun 13, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 19, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 25, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 26, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 30, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 1, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 2, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 7, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 8, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 9, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 14, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 15, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 16, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 21, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 22, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 23, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 30, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 31, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 4, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 5, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 6, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 11, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 12, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 13, 2012

S6202-2011 Votes

S6202-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S6202

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the
public officers law, in relation to authorizing non-residents of the
county of Allegany to be appointed as peace officers by the society for
the prevention of cruelty to animals of such county

PURPOSE:
This bill authorizes non-residents of the county of Allegany to be
appointed as peace officers for the society for the prevention of
cruelty to animals for such county.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill amends subdivision 1 of section 3-b of the public officers
law to authorize non-residents of Allegany county to be appointed as
peace officers for the society for the prevention of cruelty to
animals.

JUSTIFICATION:
Among its duties, many chapters of the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) investigate complaints of animal cruelty.
The SPCA serving Allegany County has its own cruelty investigation
unit, which registers its cruelty investigators as peace officers
with the NYS Department of Criminal Justice Services.

Because of its small population and location in a rural area, SPCA
serving Allegany County employs some cruelty investigators that live
outside Allegany County. However, as these investigators work but do
not live in Allegany County, by current law they cannot be appointed
as peace officers. This legislation would correct this issue and
allow these cruelty investigators to be appointed as peace officers.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S6202-2011 Text

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

                                    6202

                              I N  SENATE

                              January 12, 2012
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
    ment Operations

  AN ACT to amend the public officers  law,  in  relation  to  authorizing
    non-residents of the county of Allegany to be appointed as peace offi-
    cers  by  the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals of such
    county

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


    Section  1.   Subdivision 1 of section 3-b of the public officers law,
  as amended by chapter 480 of the laws of 2010, is  amended  to  read  as
  follows:

    1.  No  sheriff  of  a  county, mayor of a city, or official, or other
  persons authorized by law to appoint special  deputy  sheriffs,  special
  constables,  marshals, police officers, or peace officers in this state,
  to preserve the public peace or quell public disturbance, shall hereaft-
  er, at the instance of any agent, society, association  or  corporation,
  or  otherwise,  appoint  as  such  special  deputy,  special  constable,
  marshal, police officer, or peace officer, any person who shall not be a
  citizen of the United States and a resident of the state  of  New  York,
  and entitled to vote therein at the time of his appointment, and a resi-
  dent of the same county as the mayor or sheriff or other official making
  such  appointment;  provided,  however,  that when, in the judgment of a
  sheriff of a county except those counties within the city of New York  a
  situation  exists  which  requires temporary additional assistance, such
  sheriff may appoint special deputy sheriffs who are non-residents of the
  county but residents of the state of New  York  who  shall  hold  office
  until  such time as the appointing sheriff determines that the situation
  no longer exists; and no person shall assume or exercise the  functions,
  powers,  duties  or  privileges  incident and belonging to the office of
  special deputy sheriff, special constables, marshal, police officer,  or
  peace  officer, without having first received his appointment in writing
  from the authority lawfully appointing him.  Nothing  herein  contained,
  however,  shall  apply to the appointment of a non-resident, as an emer-

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD13940-01-2

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  gency special deputy sheriff, by the sheriff of any county to  act  when
  such  sheriff  has declared a state of special emergency pursuant to the
  provisions of section two hundred nine-f of the general  municipal  law.
  Any  person  otherwise  qualified  who  resides  in either the county of
  Nassau or the county of Suffolk may at the instance of a society for the
  prevention of cruelty to animals be appointed as a peace officer by  the
  appropriate appointing official of either of such counties notwithstand-
  ing  that  such  appointee  does  not  reside  in the same county as the
  appointing official. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT ANY  PERSON  QUALIFIED  WHO
  RESIDES  IN  A  COUNTY  ADJACENT  TO  THE  COUNTY OF ALLEGANY MAY AT THE
  INSTANCE OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS FOR THE
  COUNTY OF ALLEGANY BE APPOINTED AS A PEACE OFFICER  BY  THE  APPROPRIATE
  APPOINTING OFFICIAL OF THE COUNTY OF ALLEGANY.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.