Senate Bill S1710

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-S1710 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4279
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
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: S6833, A7657
2019-2020: S664, A6191

2015-S1710 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2015-S1710 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1710 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1710

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 14, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. BOYLE, GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

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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