Assembly Bill A5419

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits state or local police from accepting military surplus equipment from the federal government

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A5419 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2099
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §837-w, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8508
2023-2024: A5954, S5257

2021-A5419 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits state or local police from accepting military surplus equipment from the federal government.

2021-A5419 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5419
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 16, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting state or
   local police from accepting military surplus equipment from the feder-
   al government
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-w
 to read as follows:
   § 837-W. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW,  RULE  OR  REGULATION  TO  THE
 CONTRARY,  ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WITHIN THIS STATE SHALL BE PROHIB-
 ITED FROM ACCEPTING MILITARY SURPLUS EQUIPMENT FROM THE FEDERAL  GOVERN-
 MENT.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN-
 CY" SHALL INCLUDE ANY MEMBER, OFFICER, CHIEF, OR OTHER EMPLOYEE  OF  THE
 DIVISION  OF  STATE  POLICE, OR OF ANY LOCAL OR MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPART-
 MENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06069-01-1

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