Assembly Bill A4640

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to creating a cyber security enhancement fund and restricting the use of taxpayer moneys in paying ransoms

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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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2023-A4640 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4512
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §719, Exec L; add §91-h, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7246
2021-2022: A9995, S6154

2023-A4640 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a cyber security enhancement fund to be used for the purpose of upgrading cyber security in local governments, including but not limited to, villages, towns and cities with a population of one million or less; restricts the use of taxpayer moneys in paying ransoms in response to ransomware attacks.

2023-A4640 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4640
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 21, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DURSO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the state finance law, in relation
   to cyber security enhancement funding; and  to  restrict  the  use  of
   taxpayer moneys in paying ransoms

   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 719 to
 read as follows:
   § 719. CYBER SECURITY ENHANCEMENT. 1. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION
 OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES SHALL  ESTABLISH  A  PROGRAM
 FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  UPGRADING  CYBER  SECURITY  IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES  WITH  A  POPU-
 LATION OF ONE MILLION OR LESS.
   2.  ALL  COSTS OF SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE PAID FOR BY THE CYBER SECURITY
 ENHANCEMENT FUND, ESTABLISHED  BY  SECTION  NINETY-ONE-H  OF  THE  STATE
 FINANCE LAW.
   §  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 91-h to
 read as follows:
   § 91-H. CYBER SECURITY ENHANCEMENT FUND. 1.  THERE  IS  HEREBY  ESTAB-
 LISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSION-
 ER  OF  TAXATION  AND  FINANCE  A FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE CYBER SECURITY
 ENHANCEMENT FUND.
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF FIVE MILLION DOLLARS TRANSFERRED BY  THE
 STATE COMPTROLLER FROM THE GENERAL FUND, AND CONTRIBUTIONS CONSISTING OF
 GRANTS,  INCLUDING  GRANTS OR OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM ANY AGENCY
 OF GOVERNMENT AND ALL MONEYS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SECTION
 OR ANY OTHER LAW TO BE PAID INTO OR CREDITED TO THE FUND.
   3.  THE  MONEYS  FROM  THE  CYBER  SECURITY  ENHANCEMENT FUND SHALL BE
 DISBURSED BY THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES TO
 BE EXPENDED TO UPGRADE THE CYBER SECURITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,  INCLUD-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05147-01-3
              

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