S04392 Summary:

BILL NOS04392A
 
SAME ASSAME AS A01764-A
 
SPONSORMARTINEZ
 
COSPNSRMURRAY
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §97-bbbbb, St Fin L
 
Establishes the police canine vest fund to be used for the purpose of purchasing, maintaining, repairing and replacing soft body ballistic armor vests and other protective equipment for state police and municipal department police canines utilized in the performance of police duties, as well as the purchasing and training of such police canines.
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S04392 Actions:

BILL NOS04392A
 
02/08/2023REFERRED TO FINANCE
04/12/2023AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
04/12/2023PRINT NUMBER 4392A
01/03/2024REFERRED TO FINANCE
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S04392 Committee Votes:

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S04392 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S04392 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         4392--A
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 8, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sens. MARTINEZ, MURRAY -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Finance  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to  establishing  the
          police canine vest fund

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  97-bbbbb to read as follows:
     3    § 97-bbbbb. Police canine vest fund. 1. There is hereby established in
     4  the joint custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of taxa-
     5  tion and finance a fund to be known as the "police canine vest fund".
     6    2.  The  fund  shall  consist  of all moneys credited, appropriated or
     7  transferred thereto from any other fund or source. Nothing contained  in
     8  this  section  shall  prevent  the state from receiving grants, gifts or
     9  bequests for the purposes of the fund as defined  in  this  section  and
    10  depositing them into the fund according to law.
    11    3.  Moneys  from the fund shall be used for the purpose of purchasing,
    12  maintaining, repairing and replacing soft body ballistic armor vests and
    13  other protective equipment for state  police  and  municipal  department
    14  police  canines utilized in the performance of police duties, as well as
    15  the purchasing and training of such police canines.
    16    4. Nothing contained in this section shall be  construed  to  prohibit
    17  the  division  of  state  police or any municipal police department from
    18  expending its own funds for ballistic armor vests  or  other  protective
    19  equipment for police canines.
    20    5.  A municipal police department utilizing one or more police canines
    21  may apply to the superintendent of the state police  for  the  purchase,
    22  maintenance,  repair  or  replacement  of  police canine vests and other
    23  protective equipment as provided in subdivision three of  this  section.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07894-02-3

        S. 4392--A                          2
 
     1  The  superintendent  of  the  state police shall establish a process for
     2  application by such police departments and for selection of  departments
     3  to receive police canine vests or other protective equipment.
     4    6.  Moneys  shall  be paid out of the fund on the audit and warrant of
     5  the state comptroller on vouchers  approved  by  the  superintendent  of
     6  state  police.  Any  interest  received  by the comptroller on moneys on
     7  deposits in the fund shall be retained in and become part of such  fund.
     8  No  money  from  such fund may be withdrawn, transferred, or used by any
     9  person for any purpose other than as permitted by this section.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    11  have  become a law and shall apply to all claims filed on and after such
    12  effective date. Effective immediately  the  addition,  amendment  and/or
    13  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    14  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
    15  on or before such date.
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