STATE OF NEW YORK
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10108--A
IN ASSEMBLY
March 15, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. BARNWELL, MOSLEY, HEVESI -- Multi-Sponsored by --
M. of A. KIM, D. ROSENTHAL, THIELE, VANEL -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to establish a commission to study how to make schools in New
York safer from school shootings and bombers; and providing for the
repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. A commission, to be known as the make our schools safer
2 commission, is hereby created to study the effectiveness of different
3 technologies on reducing casualties in a school shooter or bomber event
4 including, but not limited to, bulletproof glass and doors, auto locking
5 technologies, lockdown systems and barricades. The commission shall also
6 study the feasibility and cost to implement such technology in schools.
7 § 2. The commission shall be composed of ten members, appointed as
8 follows: two members shall be appointed by the governor; two members
9 shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly; two members shall be
10 appointed by the minority leader of the assembly; two members shall be
11 appointed by the temporary president of the senate; and two members
12 shall be appointed by the minority leader of the senate. The commission
13 shall be chaired by a person chosen by a majority vote at the first
14 meeting of the commission. The vice-chairperson of the commission shall
15 be appointed by the chairperson. Vacancies in the membership of the
16 commission shall be filled in the manner provided for original appoint-
17 ments.
18 § 3. The commission shall be made up of at least one member of law
19 enforcement who specializes in school shooting and bombing events, at
20 least one teacher, at least one parent of a student at a New York public
21 school, at least one school administrator, at least one engineer who
22 specializes in technologies to be studied by the commission and at least
23 one engineer who specializes in schools.
24 § 4. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for
25 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder. To the maximum
2 extent feasible, the commission shall be entitled to request and receive
3 and shall utilize and be provided with such facilities, resources, and
4 data of any court, department, division, board, bureau, commission, or
5 agency of the state or any political subdivision thereof as it deems
6 necessary or desirable to carry out properly its powers and duties here-
7 under.
8 § 5. For the accomplishment of its purposes, the commission shall be
9 authorized and empowered to undertake any studies, inquiries, surveys or
10 analyses it may deem relevant in cooperation with or by agreement with
11 any other public or private agency. The commission shall meet and hold
12 public hearings or private meetings within or without the state, and
13 shall have all the powers of a legislative committee pursuant to the
14 legislative law.
15 § 6. The commission shall report its findings, conclusions and recom-
16 mendations to the governor and the legislature no later than one year
17 after the effective date of this act.
18 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately and shall remain in effect
19 until two years after it shall have become a law when upon such date the
20 provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.
