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Senate Bill S3802

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a youth outreach department within the state police, city, village, town, and district police departments, and sheriff departments

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2021-S3802 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §204-bb, Gen Muni L; add §663, County L; add §235, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: S5554
2025-2026: S4940

2021-S3802 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing a youth outreach department within the state police, city, village, town, and district police departments, and sheriff departments for the purposes of designing and carrying out youth activities organized by the department.

2021-S3802 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3802 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3802
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, the county law, and the exec-
   utive law, in relation to establishing  a  youth  outreach  department
   within  the  state  police,  city,  village, town, and district police
   departments, and sheriff's departments
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
 section 204-bb to read as follows:
   § 204-BB. YOUTH OUTREACH DEPARTMENT. ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS  ORGANIZED
 AT  THE  CITY,  VILLAGE,  TOWN,  OR DISTRICT LEVEL SHALL ESTABLISH, FROM
 EXISTING RESOURCES WITHIN SUCH DEPARTMENT, A YOUTH OUTREACH  DEPARTMENT,
 DIVISION,  OR  COMPONENT  FOR THE PURPOSES OF DESIGNING AND CARRYING OUT
 YOUTH ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
   § 2. The county law is amended by adding a new section 663 to read  as
 follows:
   §  663.  YOUTH  OUTREACH DEPARTMENT. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OF EVERY
 COUNTY SHALL ESTABLISH, FROM EXISTING RESOURCES WITHIN SUCH  DEPARTMENT,
 A  YOUTH OUTREACH DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, OR COMPONENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 DESIGNING AND CARRYING OUT YOUTH ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED BY  THE  SHERIFF'S
 DEPARTMENT.
   §  3. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 235 to read
 as follows:
   § 235. YOUTH OUTREACH DEPARTMENT. THE STATE  POLICE  SHALL  ESTABLISH,
 FROM  EXISTING  RESOURCES  WITHIN  THE  STATE  POLICE,  A YOUTH OUTREACH
 DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, OR COMPONENT FOR THE  PURPOSES  OF  DESIGNING  AND
 CARRYING OUT YOUTH ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED BY THE STATE POLICE.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02795-01-1

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