Bill Text: NY S06220 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Enacts the "youth violence prevention task force act" to create the youth violence prevention task force to study and evaluate the effectiveness of current and existing programs related to the prevention of youth violence.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-14 - referred to governmental operations [S06220 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06220-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 6, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sen. HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT in relation to enacting the "violence prevention task force act";
          and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there-
          of
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  the "violence prevention task force act".
     3    §  2. Violence prevention task force; members. 1. There is created the
     4  "violence prevention task force" (hereinafter referred to  as  the  task
     5  force) consisting of seven members to be appointed as follows:
     6    a.  one  member  of the senate who shall be appointed by the temporary
     7  president of the senate;
     8    b. one member of the senate who shall be  appointed  by  the  minority
     9  leader of the senate;
    10    c. one member of the assembly who shall be appointed by the speaker of
    11  the assembly;
    12    d.  one  member of the assembly who shall be appointed by the minority
    13  leader of the assembly; and
    14    e. three members who shall be appointed by the governor, one  of  whom
    15  shall  be  designated as the chairperson of the task force by the gover-
    16  nor.
    17    2. The members of the task force shall serve without compensation  but
    18  shall  be  entitled  to reimbursement for their reasonable and necessary
    19  expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
    20    3. The task force may employ skilled experts with the approval of  the
    21  chairperson,  and  shall receive the cooperation of those state agencies
    22  it deems appropriate to assist  the  task  force  in  carrying  out  its
    23  duties.
    24    4. The task force shall hold hearings across the state.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11859-02-6
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     1    §  3.  Violence  prevention task force; duties.   The task force shall
     2  study and evaluate the effectiveness of current  and  existing  programs
     3  related  to  the  prevention  of  violence. The task force shall further
     4  issue a report to the governor and the legislature on or before December
     5  1, 2017 concerning its activities and findings.
     6    §  4.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
     7  deemed repealed on December 1, 2017.