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Assembly Bill A7789

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts the "youth violence prevention task force act" to create the youth violence prevention task force

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2017-A7789 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2716
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislature
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6220
2019-2020: A6806

2017-A7789 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "youth violence prevention task force act" to create the youth violence prevention task force to study and evaluate the effectiveness of current and existing programs related to the prevention of youth violence.

2017-A7789 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7789
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  enact  the  "youth violence prevention task force act"; and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "youth violence prevention task force act".
   § 2. Youth violence  prevention  task  force;  members.  1.  There  is
 created the "youth violence prevention task force" (hereinafter referred
 to  as  the  task  force) consisting of seven members to be appointed as
 follows:
   a. one member of the senate who shall be appointed  by  the  temporary
 president of the senate;
   b.  one  member  of  the senate who shall be appointed by the minority
 leader of the senate;
   c. one member of the assembly who shall be appointed by the speaker of
 the assembly;
   d. one member of the assembly who shall be appointed by  the  minority
 leader of the assembly; and
   e.  three  members who shall be appointed by the governor, one of whom
 shall be designated as the chairperson of the task force by  the  gover-
 nor.
   2.  The members of the task force shall serve without compensation but
 shall be entitled to reimbursement for their  reasonable  and  necessary
 expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
   3.  The  task force may utilize skilled experts, and shall receive the
 cooperation of those state agencies it deems appropriate to  assist  the
 task force in carrying out its duties.
   4. The task force shall hold hearings across the state.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00730-03-7

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