Assembly Bill A6161

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires colleges to report campus crimes to local police and division of criminal justice services, which is to report thereon annually

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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-A6161 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §6450, Ed L; amd §837-a, Exec L

2023-A6161 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires colleges to report crimes occurring on their campuses or other property to local police; requires such information also be reported monthly to the division of criminal justice services for compilation in an annual report thereon, which report is to include findings and recommendations; conditions receipt of state aid to colleges upon submission of such reports.

2023-A6161 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6161
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law and the executive law, in relation to
   reports of crimes occurring on college campuses
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The education law is amended by adding a new section 6450
 to read as follows:
   § 6450. REPORTS OF CRIMES OCCURRING ON COLLEGE  CAMPUSES.  1.    EVERY
 COLLEGE  CHARTERED  BY THE REGENTS OR INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL ACT OF THE
 LEGISLATURE SHALL PROMPTLY REPORT ALL CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ON  ITS  COLLEGE
 CAMPUSES AND OTHER COLLEGE PROPERTY USED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES TO THE
 LOCAL  POLICE  AGENCY  HAVING  JURISDICTION  OVER THE AREA IN WHICH SUCH
 CAMPUSES OR PROPERTY IS LOCATED. EVERY SUCH COLLEGE  SHALL  ALSO  REPORT
 SUCH  INFORMATION,  ON  A  MONTHLY  BASIS,  TO  THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL
 JUSTICE SERVICES.
   2. IF A COLLEGE FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS  SECTION,
 SUCH  COLLEGE  SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ANY STATE AID OR ASSIST-
 ANCE UNTIL SUCH FAILURE IS CURED.
   § 2. Section 837-a of the executive law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10.  (A)  THE DIVISION SHALL RECEIVE AND COMPILE THE DATA FURNISHED TO
 IT BY COLLEGES PURSUANT TO  SECTION  SIXTY-FOUR  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF  THE
 EDUCATION  LAW  AND  SHALL PUBLISH SUCH COMPILATION OF DATA IN AN ANNUAL
 REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE  LEGISLATURE  ON  COLLEGE  CAMPUS  CRIME,
 WHICH  REPORT  SHALL INCLUDE THE DIVISION'S FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
 WITH RESPECT THERETO.
   (B) THE DIVISION SHALL PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS MAY BE
 NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10526-01-3

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