Bill Text: NY S08519 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 8519 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits any local police department, county sheriff's office, the division of the state police or any agency that employs a peace officer in this state from participating in the 1033 federal excess property program for the purposes of receiving lethal or offensive weapons.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-06 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08519 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08519-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8519

                    IN SENATE

                                      June 6, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  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  divestment  from  the
          1033 federal excess property program

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

     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  837-v
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  837-v.  Divestment from 1033 federal excess property program. 1. No
     4  local police department, county sheriff's office, the  division  of  the
     5  state  police  or  any agency that employs a peace officer in this state
     6  shall participate in the 1033 federal excess property  program  for  the
     7  purposes  of  receiving  lethal or offensive weapons. The division shall
     8  promulgate rules and regulations regarding the definition of  lethal  or
     9  offensive weapons for the purposes of this section.
    10    2.  The  division,  in conjunction with the state attorney-general and
    11  the division of homeland security and emergency services, shall  coordi-
    12  nate  the return or disposal of all lethal or offensive weapons provided
    13  to any local police department, county sheriff's office, the division of
    14  the state police or any agency that employs  a  peace  officer  in  this
    15  state pursuant to the 1033 federal excess property program.
    16    3.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions one and two of this
    17  section, the city of New York shall be permitted to retain  such  lethal
    18  or  offensive weapons provided pursuant to the 1033 federal excess prop-
    19  erty program for the purposes of counterterrorism as determined  by  the
    20  division,  in consultation with the United States department of homeland
    21  security.
    22    4. The division shall annually prepare and publish a public report  on
    23  the  state  of participation in the 1033 federal excess property program
    24  in the state. Such report shall be made to the governor,  the  temporary
    25  president  of  the  senate, the speaker of the assembly and the attorney
    26  general, and shall be posted on the website of the division.
    27    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16596-03-0