Assembly Bill A6710A

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to semi-annual reports by police agencies on missing children and vulnerable adults

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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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Bill Amendments

2013-A6710 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1100
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §837-m, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1420
2011-2012: S216

2013-A6710 - Summary

Authorizes police agencies to include cases of missing vulnerable adults in their semi-annual reports to the division of criminal justice services.

2013-A6710 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6710

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 16, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MAYER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Children and Families

AN ACT to amend the executive law, the tax law  and  the  state  finance
  law, in relation to missing children and persons

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

  Section 1. Section 837-m of the executive law, as added by chapter 579
of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  S 837-m. Reporting duties of law enforcement departments with  respect
to  missing children AND PERSONS.  The chief of every police department,
each county sheriff and the superintendent of state police shall report,
at least semi-annually, to the division with respect to specified  cases
of  missing  children AND PERSONS that are closed. Such reports shall be
in the form and manner prescribed by the division and shall contain such
information as the division deems necessary including, but  not  limited
to,  information  regarding  recovered  children  AND  PERSONS  who were
arrested, children AND PERSONS who were the victims of criminal activity
or exploitation, and children AND PERSONS who were  found  deceased  and
information  regarding  the  alleged abductor or killer of such children
AND PERSONS.
  S 2. Section 628 of the tax law, as added by chapter 579 of  the  laws
of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  S  628.  Gift for missing and exploited children AND PERSONS clearing-
house fund. Effective for any tax year commencing on  or  after  January
first,  nineteen hundred ninety-seven, an individual in any taxable year
may elect to contribute  to  the  missing  and  exploited  children  AND
PERSONS  clearinghouse  fund.    Such contribution shall be in any whole
dollar amount and shall not reduce the amount of state tax owed by  such
individual.  The commissioner shall include space on the personal income
tax return  form  to  enable  a  taxpayer  to  make  such  contribution.
Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law,  all revenues collected

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02289-01-3
              

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2013-A6710A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1100
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §837-m, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1420
2011-2012: S216

2013-A6710A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes police agencies to include cases of missing vulnerable adults in their semi-annual reports to the division of criminal justice services.

2013-A6710A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 6710--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 16, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MAYER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Children and Families -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Children
  and  Families  in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to missing  children  and
  vulnerable adults

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

  Section 1. Section 837-m of the executive law, as added by chapter 579
of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  S 837-m. Reporting duties of law enforcement departments with  respect
to  missing  children  AND  VULNERABLE ADULTS. The chief of every police
department, each county sheriff and the superintendent of  state  police
shall  report,  at  least semi-annually, to the division with respect to
specified cases of missing children that are closed. Such reports  shall
be  in  the form and manner prescribed by the division and shall contain
such information as the division  deems  necessary  including,  but  not
limited  to, information regarding recovered children who were arrested,
children who were the victims of criminal activity or  exploitation  and
children  who  were found deceased and information regarding the alleged
abductor or killer of such children.   ANY  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  DEPARTMENT
REFERRED  TO  IN  THIS  SECTION  MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION, INCLUDE IN SUCH
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS INFORMATION RELATING TO MISSING VULNERABLE ADULTS AS
SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN-F-ONE OF THIS
ARTICLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have  become  a  law;  provided  however, that effective immediately the
division of criminal justice services shall be authorized  and  directed
to  amend, add or repeal any rule or regulation necessary for the imple-
mentation of this act on its effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02289-05-4
              

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