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History
- Referred to consumer protection
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to codes
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 54–9
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.377
- Referred to consumer protection
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Eliminates the requirement under the security guard act of full-time employment for peace officers
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor Michael Simanowitz
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S3177
Title of bill
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to the definition of the term "peace officer" as such term is used in provisions of law relating to security guards
Purpose general idea of bill
To remove the reference to "part-time peace officer" in the Security Guard act and allow for the ability to provide a training waiver to peace officers whose training currently exceeds that of a security guard.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends subdivision 14 of section 89-f of the general business law, as amended by chapter 634 of the laws of 1994 changing the definition of peace officer by removing the full-time employment requirement.
Section 2 sets an immediate effective date.
Justification
Until 2009, there were different training requirements for part-time and full-time peace officers. This change was justified by the fact that part-time and full-time peace officers hold the same responsibilities regardless of the hours they work, and therefore the training requirements should be the same for both part-time and full-time peace officers.
The Security Guard Act allows the Division of Criminal Justice Services to issue a training waiver to a peace officer whose training exceeds the training requirement for a security guard. Under the current provision of law, auxiliary police, who are part-time peace officers would not qualify for a waiver based on this definition.
This bill would remove the full-time employment requirement within the definition of a peace officer, which would qualify auxiliary police for a waiver from training requirements.
Prior legislative history
S.4057-A (2013-14; Passed Senate)
Fiscal implications
None to State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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