S05199 Summary:
| BILL NO | S05199 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | SANDERS |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Establishes the "New York municipal asset forfeiture accountability act" which requires that all funds lawfully seized by a county sheriff or other municipal police agency shall go to such municipalities' general fund. | |
S05199 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5199 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 19, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT establishing the "New York municipal asset forfeiture account- ability act" 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 "New York municipal asset forfeiture accountability act". 3 § 2. Notwithstanding any other section of law, the funds resulting 4 from any assets lawfully seized by any county sheriff, or any other 5 municipal police agency, that are forfeited from the original owner, 6 shall be dedicated to such municipalities' general fund. 7 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10031-01-5