Assembly Bill A5954

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits state or local police from accepting military surplus equipment from the federal government

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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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2023-A5954 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5257
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §837-x, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8508
2021-2022: A5419, S2099

2023-A5954 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits state or local police from accepting military surplus equipment from the federal government.

2023-A5954 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5954
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting state or
   local police from accepting military surplus equipment from the feder-
   al government
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-x
 to read as follows:
   § 837-X. MILITARY SURPLUS EQUIPMENT.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER  LAW,
 RULE  OR  REGULATION  TO THE CONTRARY, ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WITHIN
 THIS STATE SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM ACCEPTING MILITARY SURPLUS EQUIPMENT
 FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE  TERM
 "LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY"  SHALL INCLUDE ANY MEMBER, OFFICER, CHIEF, OR
 OTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE DIVISION OF STATE  POLICE,  OR  OF  ANY  LOCAL  OR
 MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05697-01-3

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