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History
- Tabled
- Vetoed memo.43
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 57–1
- 3rd reading cal.822
- Substituted for S5730
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.178
- Rules report cal.178
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Designates employees of the village of Port Chester serving as court attendants at the village of Port Chester court facilities as peace officers
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Suzi Oppenheimer
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:A8637
Title of bill
An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to designating court attendants in the village of Port Chester as peace officers
Purpose or general idea of bill
To allow court attendants employed in the Port Chester Court to be legally designated as Peace Officers, to best deal with security in the busiest village/town court in the State of New York.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 adds a new subdivision 83 to Section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law that allows court attendants in the Port Chester Village courts to serve as Peace Officers.
Section 2 establishes the effective date of the act.
Justification
The Port Chester Justice Court is the busiest village/town court in the state, and the volume of people that it serves necessitates significant security measures to insure the proper administration of justice. Conveying Peace Officer status to court attendants would advance that security, for judges, lawyers. prisoners, and the public at large.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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