Bill Text: NY A07302 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes an "operation SNUG" program within the division of criminal justice services which provides grant awards to reduce, prevent or respond to gun violence.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to codes [A07302 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A07302-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7302 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 17, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Codes AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing an opera- tion SNUG program which provides grant awards to reduce, prevent or respond to gun violence The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-x 2 to read as follows: 3 § 837-x. Operation SNUG program. 1. There is hereby established within 4 the division an operation SNUG program. The operation SNUG program shall 5 provide grant awards to local governments and/or community-based organ- 6 izations who provide programs and services including but not limited to, 7 educational, youth justice, gang prevention, social work and street 8 outreach that aim to reduce, prevent or respond to gun violence. The 9 governor shall include an annual appropriation of at least thirty 10 million dollars in the executive budget for the division to support 11 operation SNUG program grants in accordance with this section. 12 2. There shall be no less than five million dollars annually made 13 available from any appropriation made in accordance with subdivision one 14 of this section to support operation SNUG program awards designated by 15 the senate. Notwithstanding section twenty-four of the state finance 16 law or any provision of law to the contrary, funds made available to the 17 senate in accordance with this section shall be allocated only pursuant 18 to a plan: (a) approved by the temporary president of the senate and 19 the director of the budget which sets forth either an itemized list of 20 grantees with the amount to be received by each, or the methodology for 21 allocating such appropriation; and (b) which is thereafter included in a 22 senate resolution calling for the expenditure of such funds, which 23 resolution must be approved by a majority vote of all members elected 24 to the senate upon a roll call vote. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05679-03-3A. 7302 2 1 3. There shall be no less than five million dollars annually made 2 available from any appropriation made in accordance with subdivision one 3 of this section to support operation SNUG program awards designated by 4 the assembly. Notwithstanding section twenty-four of the state finance 5 law or any provision of law to the contrary, funds made available to the 6 assembly in accordance with this section shall be allocated only pursu- 7 ant to a plan: (a) approved by the speaker of the assembly and the 8 director of the budget which sets forth either an itemized list of gran- 9 tees with the amount to be received by each, or the methodology for 10 allocating such appropriation; and (b) which is thereafter included in 11 an assembly resolution calling for the expenditure of such funds, which 12 resolution must be approved by a majority vote of all members elected to 13 the assembly upon a roll call vote. 14 4. Pursuant to a plan prepared by the commissioner and approved by the 15 director of the budget, no less than twenty million dollars annually 16 shall be made available and awarded to grantees providing services in 17 counties throughout the state; provided, however, that such plan shall 18 provide an annual award in a dollar amount no less than that provided in 19 the following sub-schedule: 20 Sub-schedule 21 Albany County .................... 1,000,000 22 Dutchess County .................... 400,000 23 Erie County ...................... 1,250,000 24 Monroe County ...................... 800,000 25 Nassau County ...................... 500,000 26 Niagara County ..................... 250,000 27 Oneida County ...................... 250,000 28 Onondaga County .................... 750,000 29 Orange County ...................... 250,000 30 Rensselaer County .................. 500,000 31 Rockland County .................... 250,000 32 Schenectady County ................. 250,000 33 Suffolk County ..................... 500,000 34 Ulster County ...................... 250,000 35 Westchester County ............... 1,500,000 36 New York City (Bronx County) ..... 1,500,000 37 New York City (Kings County) ..... 1,500,000 38 New York City (New York County) .. 1,300,000 39 New York City (Queens County) .... 1,500,000 40 New York City (Richmond County) .... 500,000 41 -------------- 42 Total of sub-schedule ......... 15,000,000 43 The commissioner may use at least five million dollars annually to 44 increase funding provided to counties listed in the sub-schedule or 45 expand operation SNUG programs and services to additional counties 46 throughout the state. 47 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding 48 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the 49 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary 50 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized 51 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
