A 4655: Designates officers and members of a fire investigation unit as peace officers in Franklin county.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4655 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to designating officers and members of a fire investigation unit in a fire department located in Franklin county 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 88 to read as follows: 3 88. Officers and members of the fire investigation division in a fire 4 department located in the county of Franklin, when acting pursuant to 5 their special duties in matters arising under the laws relating to 6 fires, the extinguishment thereof and fire perils; provided, however, 7 that nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to authorize such offi- 8 cer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appro- 9 priate license therefor has been issued pursuant to section 400.00 of 10 the penal law. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08638-01-5