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Jun 01, 2015 |
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Assembly Bill A7937
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ABBATE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2015-A7937 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S5080
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Labor
- Law Section:
- Labor Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §27-a, Lab L
2015-A7937 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7937 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y June 1, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOLDFED- ER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring employers who employ one or more police officers to provide ballistic soft-body armor vests to New York city police officers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 4 of section 27-a of the labor law is relettered paragraph e and a new paragraph d is added to read as follows: D. ANY EMPLOYER LOCATED IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF OVER ONE MILLION AND THAT EMPLOYS ONE OR MORE POLICE OFFICERS, AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION THIRTY-FOUR OF SECTION 1.20 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, SHALL PROVIDE, AT THE EXPENSE OF THE EMPLOYER, A BALLISTIC SOFT-BODY ARMOR VEST TO EACH POLICE OFFICER ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND SHALL REPLACE EACH POLICE OFFICER'S BALLISTIC SOFT-BODY ARMOR VEST AS REQUIRED BY THIS PARAGRAPH OR MORE STRINGENT REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-SEV- EN-D OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW. UNLESS EXPRESSLY AGREED PURSUANT TO A COLLEC- TIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, AN EMPLOYER SHALL NOT REQUIRE A POLICE OFFI- CER TO PURCHASE A BALLISTIC SOFT-BODY ARMOR VEST OUT OF A UNIFORM ALLOWANCE PROVIDED BY THE EMPLOYER OR ANY OTHER AMOUNT PAID BY THE EMPLOYER TO A POLICE OFFICER FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING UNIFORMS AND/OR EQUIPMENT. (I) AS USED IN THIS PARAGRAPH, "BALLISTIC SOFT-BODY ARMOR VEST" SHALL MEAN A CUSTOM-FITTED, CONCEALABLE, SOFT-BODY ARMOR OR BULLETPROOF VEST THAT MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE STANDARDS OF VESTS COMMONLY KNOWN OR CLASSI- FIED AS TYPE III-A WITH SIDE AND EXTENDED PROTECTION, OR ANY OTHER CUSTOM-FITTED, CONCEALABLE, SOFT-BODY ARMOR VEST THAT MAY BE DEVELOPED, TESTED, AND APPROVED WHICH EXCEEDS THE LEVEL OF PROTECTION OF THOSE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09901-01-5
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