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Assembly Bill A7852

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to including all religious houses of worship in the safety and security projects for at risk facilities grant program

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2019-A7852 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Budget Bills
Laws Affected:
Amd §1, Chap 54 of 2019

2019-A7852 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes all religious houses of worship in the safety and security projects for at risk facilities grant program.

2019-A7852 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7852
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 24, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BYRNE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 54 of the laws of  2019,  enacting  the  capital
   projects  budget,  in  relation  to  including all religious houses of
   worship in the safety and security projects  for  at  risk  facilities
   grant program

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 54 of the laws of 2019,  enacting  the
 capital  projects budget, is amended by adding thereto the items herein-
 below set forth in italic and is amended by deleting therefrom the items
 hereinbelow set forth in brackets as follows:
 SAFETY AND SECURITY PROJECTS FOR AT RISK FACILITIES (CCP) ... 25,000,000
                                                           --------------
 
   Capital Projects Funds - Other
   Capital Projects Fund - 30000
   Program Improvement/Change Purpose
 
 For competitive grants to provide safety and
   security projects  at  nonpublic  schools,
   community   centers,   residential  camps,
   [and] day care facilities  AND  ALL  RELI-
   GIOUS  HOUSES  OF  WORSHIP at risk of hate
   crimes or attacks because of their  ideol-
   ogy, beliefs or mission.  Provided that an
   assessment   of  facilities  at  risk  may
   include, but not be limited to,  consider-
   ations   of  the  vulnerabilities  of  the
   organization based  on  its  location  and
   membership, and the potential consequences
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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