S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4931
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 10, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Local Governments
AN ACT to authorize municipalities located in the county of Orange and
the county of Rockland to charge for the cost of providing additional
police protection to paid-admission events
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Any municipality located in the county of Orange or the
county of Rockland is hereby authorized to adopt a local law to provide
that the person or persons responsible for either operating, conducting,
promoting, or sponsoring any special event, exhibition, or contest to be
held in such municipality, at which a price for admission or attendance
is charged or is to be charged, shall pay the costs incurred by such
municipality as a result of providing additional police personnel, if
any, beyond the normal number of officers who would have otherwise been
on duty. The local law shall identify the type or types of special
events, exhibitions, or contests for which an activity's operator,
conductor, promoter, or sponsor may be charged for additional police
personnel that is either requested by the operator, conductor, promoter,
or sponsor or determined to be necessary by the municipality. The local
law may also provide that: (a) the operator, conductor, promoter, or
sponsor of the activity shall complete such forms or applications
providing the information deemed necessary by the municipality to deter-
mine whether any additional police personnel should be scheduled for the
event; (b) the local law shall not apply to any corporation formed under
the not-for-profit corporation law; and (c) the operator, conductor,
promoter, or sponsor of the activity shall pay all or a portion of the
estimated cost of additional police protection prior to the commencement
of the event.
ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04058-01-5
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