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Assembly Bill A1690

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Gives preference to accredited law enforcement agencies when awarding grant funds

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2025-A1690 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §837, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A4649
2023-2024: A3363

2025-A1690 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the division of criminal justice services shall give preference when awarding grant funds to any law enforcement agency to law enforcement agencies who are accredited by the law enforcement agency accreditation council.

2025-A1690 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1690
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to giving  preference  to
   accredited law enforcement agencies when awarding grant funds
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 837 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 10-a to read as follows:
   10-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE  DIVI-
 SION SHALL GIVE PREFERENCE WHEN AWARDING GRANT FUNDS TO ANY LAW ENFORCE-
 MENT  AGENCY  PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE TO LAW ENFORCE-
 MENT AGENCIES WHO ARE ACCREDITED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION
 EIGHT  HUNDRED FORTY-SIX-H OF THIS CHAPTER. AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION,
 THE TERM "LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME  MEANING  AS  SUCH
 TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-SIX-H
 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03975-01-5

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