New York A 1840: Relates to expanding the geographical area of employment of university police officers; repealer

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A01840 Summary:

BILL NOA01840 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00130

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SPONSORAngelino

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1.20, rpld §1.20 sub 34-a ¶(d), CP L; amd §355, Ed L

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Relates to expanding the geographical area of employment of university police officers; extends the jurisdiction of New York state university police officers from state university of New York property and abutting roadways to all areas of the state.

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01/14/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1840

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ANGELINO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law and the education law, in
 relation to expanding the geographical area of employment of universi-
 ty police officers; and to repeal paragraph (d) of subdivision 34-a of
 section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 34-a of section 1.20 of the
 2 criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 428 of the laws of 1999,
 3 is amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) [Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this subdivision,] New
 5 York state constitutes the "geographical area of employment" of any
 6 police officer employed as such by an agency of the state or by an
 7 authority which functions throughout the state, or a police officer
 8 designated by the superintendent of state police pursuant to section two
 9 hundred twenty-three of the executive law;
 10 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 34-a of section 1.20 of the criminal
 11 procedure law, as amended by chapter 424 of the laws of 1998, is amended
 12 to read as follows:
 13 (a) [Except as provided in paragraph (d),] New York state constitutes
 14 the "geographical area of employment" of any police officer employed as
 15 such by an agency of the state or by an authority which functions
 16 throughout the state;
 17 § 3. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 34-a of section 1.20 of the criminal
 18 procedure law is REPEALED.
 19 § 4. Paragraph l of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education law,
 20 as amended by chapter 424 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as
 21 follows:
 22 l. To appoint university police officers who shall have the powers of
 23 police officers and to remove such police officers at pleasure;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00777-01-5

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 1 provided, however, that any person appointed a police officer must have
 2 satisfactorily completed or complete within one year of the date of
 3 [his] appointment a course of law enforcement training approved by the
 4 municipal police training council in consultation with the university.
 5 [It shall be the duty of such police officers to preserve law and order
 6 on the campuses and other property of the university, including any
 7 portion of a public highway which crosses or abuts such property.]
 8 Subject to the approval of the chancellor, the president of each
 9 state-operated campus of the state university [shall] may enter into a
 10 written agreement with adjoining law enforcement agencies establishing
 11 protocols for the exercise of authority by such university police offi-
 12 cer off-campus, including mutual aid and assistance. Such written proto-
 13 cols shall not be deemed to supersede the authority of other police
 14 officers. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any of
 15 the state institutions and property referred to in section five thousand
 16 seven hundred nine of this chapter.
 17 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 18 the amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 34-a of section 1.20 of
 19 the criminal procedure law made by section one of this act shall be
 20 subject to the expiration and reversion of such paragraph