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Senate Bill S5199

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes the "New York municipal asset forfeiture accountability act"

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2025-S5199 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7815
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Municipalities
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S8135

2025-S5199 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the "New York municipal asset forfeiture accountability act" which requires that all funds lawfully seized by a county sheriff or other municipal police agency shall go to such municipalities' general fund.

2025-S5199 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5199 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5199
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 19, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT establishing the "New York municipal  asset  forfeiture  account-
   ability act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "New York municipal asset forfeiture accountability act".
   §  2.  Notwithstanding  any  other section of law, the funds resulting
 from any assets lawfully seized by any  county  sheriff,  or  any  other
 municipal  police  agency,  that  are forfeited from the original owner,
 shall be dedicated to such municipalities' general fund.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10031-01-5

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