Defines the term "mass shooting" for purposes of access to emergency funding as a shooting incident involving one or more firearms, rifles or shotguns during which four or more people, other than the individual or individuals alleged to have committed such incident, were injured or killed.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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Cal. No. 870
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 5, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. MYRIE, BROUK, CLEARE, MAY, SALAZAR -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Codes -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and
second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and deliv-
ered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third
reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to defining the term
"mass shooting" for purposes of emergency response measures and access
to emergency funding
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 835 of the executive law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
3 11. "Mass shooting" means, for the purposes of any funding received or
4 expended pursuant to this article, a shooting incident involving one or
5 more firearms, rifles or shotguns during which four or more people,
6 other than the individual or individuals alleged to have committed such
7 incident, were injured or killed.
8 § 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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