Assembly Bill A4279

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the "police officer protection fund" for the purpose of retrofitting officer patrol vehicles with bullet-proof glass

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A4279 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1710
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §99-w, St Fin L; add §630-d, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7657, S6833
2019-2020: A6191, S664

2015-A4279 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing the "police officer protection fund" for the purpose of retrofitting officer patrol vehicles with bullet-proof glass.

2015-A4279 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4279

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 30, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the tax law,  in  relation  to
  establishing the police officer protection fund

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The  commissioner  of  the  division  of  criminal  justice
services  shall establish and implement a program to retrofit all patrol
vehicles of the New York police department, and  thereafter  all  patrol
vehicles  of  the  New York state police, with bullet-proof glass within
five years of the effective date of this act. Funding for  such  program
shall  be  drawn  from  the  police  officer protection fund established
pursuant to section 99-w of the state finance law.
  S 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-w  to
read as follows:
  S  99-W. POLICE OFFICER PROTECTION FUND. 1. A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN
AS THE "POLICE OFFICER PROTECTION FUND" IS  HEREBY  ESTABLISHED  IN  THE
CUSTODY  OF  THE  STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND
FINANCE.
  2. THE FUND SHALL CONSIST OF  ALL  MONIES  TRANSFERRED  TO  SUCH  FUND
PURSUANT  TO LAW, ALL MONIES REQUIRED BY ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO BE PAID
INTO OR CREDITED TO THE FUND, ALL MONIES FROM GIFTS PURSUANT TO  SECTION
SIX  HUNDRED THIRTY-D OF THE TAX LAW AND ANY INTEREST EARNINGS WHICH MAY
ACCRUE FROM THE INVESTMENT OF MONIES  IN  THE  FUND.  NOTHING  CONTAINED
HEREIN  SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS OR BEQUESTS
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE FUND AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION  AND  DEPOSITING
THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
  3. MONIES OF THE FUND, WHEN ALLOCATED, SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO THE DIVI-
SION  OF  CRIMINAL  JUSTICE SERVICES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING AND
IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM TO RETROFIT ALL PATROL VEHICLES OF THE  NEW  YORK

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07202-01-5

              

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