Assembly Bill A3115

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits law enforcement agencies from receiving or purchasing certain property

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A3115 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §837, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A10660

2021-A3115 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits a law enforcement agency from receiving or purchasing the following property from a military equipment surplus program operated by the federal government: drones that are armored, weaponized, or both; aircraft that are combat configured or combat coded; grenades or similar explosives and grenade launchers; silencers

2021-A3115 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3115
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. KIM, BARRON, GOTTFRIED, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 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:
 
   Section 1. Section 837 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 23 to read as follows:
   23. (A) PROHIBIT A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FROM RECEIVING OR PURCHASING
 THE  FOLLOWING  PROPERTY FROM A MILITARY EQUIPMENT SURPLUS PROGRAM OPER-
 ATED 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; OR
   (V) MILITARIZED ARMORED VEHICLES.
   (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "LAW ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY"  MEANS
 ANY  AGENCY  WHICH IS EMPOWERED BY LAW TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION OR TO
 MAKE AN ARREST FOR A FELONY, AND ANY AGENCY WHICH IS AUTHORIZED  BY  LAW
 TO PROSECUTE OR PARTICIPATE IN THE PROSECUTION OF A FELONY.
   (C)  IF  A  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY REQUESTS PROPERTY FROM A MILITARY
 EQUIPMENT SURPLUS PROGRAM, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY  SHALL  PUBLISH  A
 NOTICE OF THE REQUEST ON ITS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE WITHIN FOURTEEN
 DAYS AFTER SUCH REQUEST.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02985-02-1

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