Bill Text: NY A04291 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires all police vehicles to be equipped with bulletproof or bullet resistant glass.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to transportation [A04291 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04291-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4291
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 30, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to bullet proof
         glass on police vehicles
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision 52 to read as follows:
    3    52.  A. ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN, ANY POLICE
    4  VEHICLE PURCHASED BY THE STATE, A PUBLIC AUTHORITY, OR ANY  MUNICIPALITY
    5  MUST BE EQUIPPED WITH BULLETPROOF OR BULLET RESISTANT GLASS.
    6    B.  THE SUPERINTENDENT OR CHIEF OF POLICE, OR OTHER PERSON RESPONSIBLE
    7  FOR THE SUPERVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A FLEET OF POLICE VEHICLES, SHALL
    8  CAUSE ANY POLICE VEHICLE THAT IS IN USE AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
    9  SUBDIVISION TO BE  RETROFITTED  WITH  BULLETPROOF  OR  BULLET  RESISTANT
   10  GLASS. SUCH PERSON MAY CAUSE SUCH GLASS REPLACEMENT TO BE PERFORMED ON A
   11  STAGGERED  BASIS  SO  THAT ALL POLICE VEHICLES ARE NOT OUT OF SERVICE AT
   12  THE SAME TIME.
   13    C. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE  SERVICES,  IN
   14  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES, SHALL PROMULGATE
   15  RULES AND REGULATIONS DETERMINING THE SPECIFICATIONS THAT MUST BE MET TO
   16  CONSIDER ANY GLASS AS "BULLETPROOF" OR "BULLET RESISTANT".
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07415-01-5