STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10812

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      July 15, 2020
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        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Burke) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure  law,  in  relation  to  granting
          peace officer status to park rangers in Erie county

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 86 to read as follows:
     3    86.  Park  rangers  in  Erie  county, who shall be authorized to issue
     4  appearance tickets, simplified traffic  informations,  simplified  parks
     5  informations  and  simplified  environmental  conservation informations;
     6  provided, however, that nothing in this subdivision shall be  deemed  to
     7  authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm
     8  unless  the  appropriate  license  therefor  has been issued pursuant to
     9  section 400.00 of the penal law.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16695-01-0