Text of NY S 3994 (2010)

Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie Assembly Members Legislative Info Public Hearings Speaker's Press Assembly Reports Committees & More Bill Search Home Laws Legislative Calendar Public Hearing Schedule Assembly Calendars Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. Bill No.: Summary Actions Floor Votes Memo Text S03994 Summary: BILL NOS03994 SAME ASSAME AS A01871 SPONSORSTAVISKY COSPNSR MLTSPNSR Amd S355, Ed L Provides for reporting of bias-related incidents on state university campuses by university police officers to college and university personnel; defines "bias-related offenses". Go to top S03994 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3994 2009-2010 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to reporting of bias-re- lated incidents on state university campuses The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph l of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the educa- 2 tion law, as amended by chapter 424 of the laws of 1998, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 1. To appoint university police officers who shall have the powers of 5 police officers and to remove such police officers at pleasure; 6 provided, however, that any person appointed a police officer must have 7 satisfactorily completed or complete within one year of the date of his 8 appointment a course of law enforcement training approved by the munici- 9 pal police training council in consultation with the university. It 10 shall be the duty of such police officers to preserve law and order on 11 the campuses and other property of the university, including any portion 12 of a public highway which crosses or abuts such property. It shall be 13 the duty of such peace officers to immediately notify college and 14 university personnel that a bias-related offense may have been committed 15 upon any student or on any person on the campus or other college proper- 16 ty. Subject to the approval of the chancellor, the president of each 17 state-operated campus of the state university shall enter into a written 18 agreement with adjoining law enforcement agencies establishing protocols 19 for the exercise of authority by such university police officer off-cam- 20 pus, including mutual aid and assistance. Such written protocols shall 21 not be deemed to supersede the authority of other police officers. The 22 provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any of the state insti- 23 tutions and property referred to in section five thousand seven hundred 24 nine of this chapter. For the purposes of this section, "bias-related 25 offense" shall mean any criminal act whether actual, threatened or EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00290-01-9 S. 3994 2 1 attempted directed at an individual because of his actual or perceived 2 race, creed, color, religion, religious practice, ethnicity, national 3 origin, disability, age, gender or sexual orientation. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Go to top Sitemap Request Information Directions and Maps