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                                   7657
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. ORTIZ, MALLIOTAKIS -- 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-bb of the state finance law.
   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-bb to
 read as follows:
   § 99-BB. 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-E 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.
                                                            LBD07731-02-7
              

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 POLICE  DEPARTMENT,  AND  THEREAFTER ALL PATROL VEHICLES OF THE NEW YORK
 STATE POLICE, WITH BULLET-PROOF GLASS.
   4.  MONIES  SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF
 THE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER
 OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES.
   §  3.  The tax law is amended by adding a new section 630-e to read as
 follows:
   § 630-E. GIFT FOR THE POLICE OFFICER PROTECTION  FUND.  EFFECTIVE  FOR
 ANY  TAX  YEAR  COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGH-
 TEEN, AN INDIVIDUAL IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE  TO  THE
 POLICE  OFFICER PROTECTION 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 TO ENABLE A TAXPAYER TO MAKE  SUCH  CONTRIBUTION.    NOTWITH-
 STANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW ALL REVENUES COLLECTED PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION SHALL BE CREDITED TO POLICE  OFFICER  PROTECTION  FUND  AND
 USED ONLY FOR THOSE PURPOSES ENUMERATED IN SECTION NINETY-NINE-BB OF THE
 STATE FINANCE LAW.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.