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                                   8044
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  defining  the  term
   "mass shooting" for purposes of emergency response measures and access
   to emergency funding
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 835  of  the  executive  law,  as
 added by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the executive law relat-
 ing  to  defining  the  term  "mass  shooting" for purposes of emergency
 response measures and access to emergency funding, as proposed in legis-
 lative bills numbers S. 6238-A and A. 5791-A,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   11.  "Mass  shooting" means[, for the purposes of any funding received
 or expended pursuant to this article, a shooting] AN incident [involving
 one or more firearms, rifles or shotguns during] IN which AT LEAST  four
 [or  more]  people[, other than the individual or individuals alleged to
 have committed such incident, were injured or killed] ARE MURDERED  WITH
 A FIREARM, RIFLE, OR SHOTGUN.
   § 2. Subdivision 19 of section 623 of the executive law, as amended by
 chapter 291 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   19.  To  accept,  with  the  approval of the governor, as agent of the
 state, any grant including, BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO  ANY  PERIODIC  federal
 grants  WHICH SUPPORT THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE AND ANY FEDERAL EMER-
 GENCY ASSISTANCE GRANTS TO SUPPLEMENT THE OFFICE'S  AVAILABLE  RESOURCES
 WHEN  RESPONDING  TO  MASS SHOOTINGS AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF
 SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY OTHER  INCIDENT
 OF  TERRORISM  OR MASS VIOLENCE, any fines or penalties imposed pursuant
 to section three hundred forty-one or three hundred forty-two-a  of  the
 general  business law and made payable to the office pursuant to section
 three hundred forty-seven-a of such law, or any gift for the purposes of
 this article. Any monies so received may be expended by  the  office  to
 effectuate  any  purpose  of  this  article,  subject  to the applicable
 provisions of the state finance law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   § 3. Subparagraphs (iv) and (v) of paragraph (b) of subdivision  2  of
 section 631-a of the executive law, as amended by section 27 of part A-1
 of  chapter  56 of the laws of 2010, are amended  and a new subparagraph
 (vi) is added to read as follows:
   (iv) transportation and household assistance; [and]
   (v)  outreach  to  the  community  and  education  and training of law
 enforcement and other criminal justice officials to the needs  of  crime
 victims[.]; AND
   (VI)  SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF A MASS SHOOTING AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION
 ELEVEN OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE OF  THIS  CHAPTER  OR  OF  A
 SHOOTING INCIDENT IN WHICH FOUR OR MORE PEOPLE ARE INJURED.
   §  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws  of  2023  amending  the  executive  law
 relating  to defining the term "mass shooting" for purposes of emergency
 response measures and access to emergency funding, as proposed in legis-
 lative bills numbers S. 6238-A and A. 5791-A, takes effect.