Assembly Bill A4279

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  4279

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 30, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- 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-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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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.
  S  3.  The tax law is amended by adding a new section 630-d to read as
follows:
  S 630-D. GIFT FOR THE POLICE OFFICER PROTECTION  FUND.  EFFECTIVE  FOR
ANY TAX YEAR COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN,
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 INDI-
VIDUAL. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE ON THE PERSONAL INCOME  TAX
RETURN  TO ENABLE A TAXPAYER TO MAKE SUCH CONTRIBUTION.  NOTWITHSTANDING
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-W OF THE STATE
FINANCE LAW.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.