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N.Y. General Business Law § 89-w: Applicability

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  1. General Business Law
  2. Article 7-A. Security Guard Act

* § 89-w. Applicability. The provisions of this article shall not

apply to a not-for-profit security guard company, public entity, or

tenant or third-party security provider of such tenant of a publicly

owned sports venue with a capacity of at least sixty thousand people

located in the county of Erie, which hires a security guard or guards

for a specific event or events solely for its own proprietary use and

which employs such security guards only on a temporary basis for a total

period not exceeding fifteen days per year. Notwithstanding anything to

the contrary, such tenant or third-party security provider of a publicly

owned sports venue with a capacity of at least sixty thousand people

located in the county of Erie shall ensure that no less than fifty

percent of the security guards that such tenant or third-party security

provider hires have obtained a license under this article.

* NB Effective until September 20, 2027

* § 89-w. Applicability. The provisions of this article shall not

apply to a not-for-profit security guard company or public entity which

hires a security guard or guards for a specific event or events solely

for its own proprietary use and which employs such security guards only

on a temporary basis for a total period not exceeding fifteen days per

year.

* NB Effective September 20, 2027

* NB Numerically this section should be in Art. 8 but its subject

matter places it in Art. 7-A.

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