Bill Text: NY S08507 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits a law enforcement agency from receiving or purchasing the following property from a military equipment surplus program operated by the federal government: (i) drones that are armored, weaponized, or both; (ii) aircraft that are combat configured or combat coded; (iii) grenades or similar explosives and grenade launchers; (iv) silencers; (v) militarized armored vehicles; (vi) camouflage uniforms; (vii) bayonets; (viii) riot gear; (ix) firearms or ammunition; (x) explosives or pyrotechnics; or (xi) chemical incapacitants; defines terms; makes related provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-29 - PRINT NUMBER 8507A [S08507 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08507-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8507

                    IN SENATE

                                      June 6, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to limitations on certain
          excess property provided to local law enforcement

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 837 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 23 to read as follows:
     3    23. (a) Prohibit a law enforcement agency from receiving or purchasing
     4  the  following  property from a military equipment surplus program oper-
     5  ated by the federal government:
     6    (i) drones that are armored, weaponized, or both;
     7    (ii) aircraft that are combat configured or combat coded;
     8    (iii) grenades or similar explosives and grenade launchers;
     9    (iv) silencers; or
    10    (v) militarized armored vehicles.
    11    (b) For purposes of this subdivision, "law enforcement  agency"  means
    12  any  agency  which is empowered by law to conduct an investigation or to
    13  make an arrest for a felony, and any agency which is authorized  by  law
    14  to prosecute or participate in the prosecution of a felony.
    15    (c)  If  a  law  enforcement  agency requests property from a military
    16  equipment surplus program, the law enforcement agency  shall  publish  a
    17  notice of the request on its publicly accessible website within fourteen
    18  days after such request.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16576-03-0