S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3732
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 29, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the
department of health to assign at least one investigator of the bureau
of narcotics enforcement to each county within a city having a popu-
lation of one million or more
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 3385 of the public health law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ASSIGN AND EMPLOY NOT LESS THAN ONE INVESTI-
GATOR OF THE BUREAU OF NARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS ARTICLE IN EACH COUNTY WITHIN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE
MILLION OR MORE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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