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                                         5794
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 14, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen. HASSELL-THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure  law,  in  relation  to  granting
         peace  officer status to public safety officers of Co-op City in Bronx
         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 84 to read as follows:
    3    84. (A) PERSONS SERVING AS PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS FOR A LIMITED PROFIT
    4  HOUSING COMPLEX KNOWN AS "CO-OP CITY" IN BRONX COUNTY TO  PREVENT  CRIME
    5  AND  ENFORCE  THE  LAW WHILE ACTING IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR SPECIALIZED
    6  DUTIES OF EMPLOYMENT; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION
    7  SHALL BE DEEMED TO AUTHORIZE ANY SUCH OFFICER TO CARRY, POSSESS,  REPAIR
    8  OR DISPOSE OF A FIREARM UNLESS THE APPROPRIATE LICENSE THEREFOR HAS BEEN
    9  ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION 400.00 OF THE PENAL LAW.
   10    (B)  PRIOR  TO  PERFORMING THE DUTIES PERMITTED UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF
   11  THIS SUBDIVISION, A PERSON MUST HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE TRAINING
   12  REQUIREMENT SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.30 OF THIS ARTICLE AND ANY ADDITIONAL
   13  PEACE OFFICER TRAINING REQUIRED BY THE MUNICIPAL POLICE TRAINING COUNCIL
   14  IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE
   15  LAW.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   17  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10151-01-3