Bill Text: NY S08508 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits state or local police from accepting military surplus equipment from the federal government.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-06 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08508 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08508-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8508

                    IN SENATE

                                      June 6, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting  state  or
          local police from accepting military surplus equipment from the feder-
          al government

          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-v
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  837-v.  Notwithstanding  any  other  law, rule or regulation to the
     4  contrary, any law enforcement agency within this state shall be  prohib-
     5  ited  from accepting military surplus equipment from the federal govern-
     6  ment. For the purposes of this section, the term "law enforcement  agen-
     7  cy"  shall  include any member, officer, chief, or other employee of the
     8  division of state police, or of any local or  municipal  police  depart-
     9  ment.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16586-01-0