NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A10269
SPONSOR: Rules (Burke) TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend chapter 429 of the laws of 2021 amending the general
business law relating to the applicability of the security guard act of
nineteen hundred ninety-two to facilities owned by a public sports
venue, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To extend the exemption from the Security Guard Act for public entities
that hire security guards or third-party security providers who supply
such security guards on a temporary basis for less than 15 days each
year to the tenants of a publicly owned sports venue located within Erie
County with a capacity of at least 60,000 people, for another three
years.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of the bill amends the effective date of Chapter 429 of the
laws of 2021 providing an exemption from the Security Guard Act for
another three years.
§ 2. Establishes the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
The waiver provisions included within the Security Guard Act recognize
the hiring challenges faced by public entities who require such services
on a limited basis. This law was amended in 2022, to include third-party
security providers of such services that have been contracted by a
tenant of a publicly owned sports venue in Erie County, having a capaci-
ty of at least 60,000 people. Importantly, the third-party security
provider is only exempt so long as at least 50 percent of their security
guards are licensed under said Act. This bill recognizes the necessity
of maintaining such an exemption for the aforementioned sports venue by
extending the sunset date for another three years.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Chapter 429 of the laws of 2021
Chapter 29 of the laws of 2022
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10269
IN ASSEMBLY
May 15, 2024
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Burke) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend chapter 429 of the laws of 2021 amending the general
business law relating to the applicability of the security guard act
of nineteen hundred ninety-two to facilities owned by a public sports
venue, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 429 of the laws of 2021 amending the
2 general business law relating to the applicability of the security guard
3 act of nineteen hundred ninety-two to facilities owned by a public
4 sports venue, as amended by chapter 29 of the laws of 2022, is amended
5 to read as follows:
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
7 deemed repealed [three] six years after such date.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15533-01-4
