Add §204-bb, Gen Muni L; add §663, County L; add §236, Exec L
Establishes a youth outreach department within the state police, city, village, town, and district police departments, and sheriff departments for the purposes of designing and carrying out youth activities organized by the department.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4064
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 31, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, the county law, and the exec-
utive law, in relation to establishing a youth outreach department
within the state police, city, village, town, and district police
departments, and sheriff's departments
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new
2 section 204-bb to read as follows:
3 § 204-bb. Youth outreach department. All police departments organized
4 at the city, village, town, or district level shall establish, from
5 existing resources within such department, a youth outreach department,
6 division, or component for the purposes of designing and carrying out
7 youth activities organized by the police department.
8 § 2. The county law is amended by adding a new section 663 to read as
9 follows:
10 § 663. Youth outreach department. The sheriff's department of every
11 county shall establish, from existing resources within such department,
12 a youth outreach department, division, or component for the purposes of
13 designing and carrying out youth activities organized by the sheriff's
14 department.
15 § 3. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 236 to read
16 as follows:
17 § 236. Youth outreach department. The state police shall establish,
18 from existing resources within the state police, a youth outreach
19 department, division, or component for the purposes of designing and
20 carrying out youth activities organized by the state police.
21 § 4. 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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