NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A3987A
SPONSOR: Shimsky TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to designating
security officers for the village court of the village of Pleasantville
as peace officers
PURPOSE OF BILL:
The purpose of this bill is to provide peace officer status to the court
attendants of the village of Pleasantville, Westchester County.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law to provide
that court attendants of the Village of Pleasantville, Westchester Coun-
ty, when performing their duties as court attendants, would be granted
peace officer status, but that nothing in such designation would be
deemed to authorize such court attendants to carry, possess, repair or
dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate licenses therefore have been
issued pursuant to section 400 of the penal law.
JUSTIFICATION:
The Village of Pleasantville, Westchester County has requested via
Village Board Resolution that court attendants employed by the village
need to have the powers of peace officers in order to fully and effec-
tively carry out their special duties.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is a new bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill would take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3987--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 30, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes --
reported and referred to the Committee on Rules -- Rules Committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to designating
security officers for the village court of the village of Pleasant-
ville as peace officers
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 89 to read as follows:
3 89. Employees of the village court of the village of Pleasantville
4 serving as security officers at such village court. These officers
5 shall only have the powers listed in paragraphs (b), (h), and (i) of
6 subdivision one of section 2.20 of this article; provided, however, that
7 nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to authorize such officer to
8 carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate
9 license therefor has been issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal
10 law; provided, however, that if such employee is not currently a police
11 or peace officer pursuant to section 1.20 of this title or 2.10 of this
12 article, such employee must successfully complete the training required
13 under section 2.30 of this article.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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