Assembly Bill A2722A

                             
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                                  2722--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, LEVENBERG, TAYLOR, ZACCARO, McDONOUGH --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the
   Committee on Codes 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 requiring the  munici-
   pal police training council establish standards for the destruction of
   controlled substances
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. THE COUNCIL SHALL, IN ADDITION:
   (A) DEVELOP, MAINTAIN,  AND  DISSEMINATE,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, A
 MINIMUM  STANDARDS  POLICY  GOVERNING  THE  DESTRUCTION  OF   CONTROLLED
 SUBSTANCES  BY  LAW  ENFORCEMENT.  THE  MINIMUM  STANDARDS  POLICY SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A METHOD OF DESTRUCTION THAT WILL RENDER
 ALL CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES TO A NON-RETRIEVABLE STATE TO  PREVENT  DIVER-
 SION  AND  PROTECT  THE  PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY CONSISTENT WITH 21 CFR
 PART 1317, PROHIBITED  METHODS  OF  DESTRUCTION,  RECORD  RETENTION  AND
 MANAGEMENT, AND TRAINING.
   (B)  RECOMMEND  TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
 AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH  RESPECT  TO
 THE  ESTABLISHMENT  AND IMPLEMENTATION ON AN ONGOING BASIS OF A TRAINING
 PROGRAM FOR ALL CURRENT AND NEW POLICE OFFICERS REGARDING  THE  POLICIES
 AND  PROCEDURES  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS SUBDIVISION, ALONG WITH
 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PERIODIC RETRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS.
   § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new  section  837-aa  to
 read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   §   837-AA.  DISCLOSURE  OF  THE  MINIMUM  STANDARDS  POLICY  FOR  THE
 DESTRUCTION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES BY LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCIES.  ALL
 STATE  AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SHALL POST SUCH MINIMUM STAND-
 ARDS POLICY, AS PROMULGATED UNDER  SUBDIVISION  NINE  OF  SECTION  EIGHT
 HUNDRED FORTY OF THIS ARTICLE ON ITS WEBSITE, OR IF SUCH LAW ENFORCEMENT
 AGENCY  DOES  NOT  MAINTAIN  A  WEBSITE, IN ITS MAIN OFFICE. SUCH POLICY
 SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
   § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
 rule  or  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
 date.