NY State Senate Bill 2025-S189

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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Jan 08, 2025	referred to finance

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2025-S189 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: State Finance Law
Laws Affected:: Add §97-bbbbb, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S4392

2025-S189 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the police canine vest fund to be used for the purpose of purchasing, maintaining, repairing and replacing soft body ballistic armor vests and other protective equipment for state police and municipal department police canines utilized in the performance of police duties, as well as the purchasing and training of such police canines.

2025-S189 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S189

SPONSOR: MARTINEZ
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the
police canine vest fund

 
PURPOSE:

To establish a state police canine vest fund for purchasing, maintain-
ing, repairing, and replacing soft body ballistic armor vests and other
protective equipment for police canine dogs. The fund shall also be
utilized for the purchasing and training of such police canines.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 97-bbbbb that
establishes the State police canine vest fund. The fund would consist of
all monies credited, appropriated, or transferred thereto from any other
fund or source. Money from the fund would be used for the purpose of
purchasing, maintaining, repairing, and replacing soft body ballistic

armor vests and other protective equipment for state police canines
utilized in the performance of state police duties.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Police dogs, aka police K-9's, serving in New York State face the same
dangers and risks as their human officer counterparts. There are typi-
cally two kinds of K-9 classifications: patrol and detection.  Patrol
K-9's provide patrol duties such as officer protection, suspect appre-
hension, building clearance, and security in sensitive or controlled
areas, while detection K-9's find either narcotics or explosives. Some
K-9's provide one of these services (single purpose dogs) while others
are trained to be competent in both (dual-purpose dogs).

K-9's risk being shot or stabbed in the line of duty and thus require
adequate protective equipment. When a K-9 dies in the line of duty, New
York State police officers lose a friend and a well-trained specialist
that has dedicated their life to protecting New Yorkers.  This bill will
help protect the lives and well-being of our police K-9's by establish-
ing a fund that will provide the protective equipment they need and
deserve. This fund is to be utilized solely for the purchasing, main-
taining, repairing, and replacing of soft body ballistic armor vests and
other protective equipment for police K-9's.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after which it shall
become law and apply to all claims filed on and after such effective
date. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
date.

2025-S189 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    189
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. MARTINEZ, MURRAY -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to  establishing  the
   police canine vest fund

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 97-bbbbb to read as follows:
   § 97-BBBBB. POLICE CANINE VEST FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN
 THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXA-
 TION AND FINANCE A FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "POLICE CANINE VEST FUND".
   2.  THE  FUND  SHALL  CONSIST  OF ALL MONEYS CREDITED, APPROPRIATED OR
 TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE. NOTHING CONTAINED  IN
 THIS  SECTION  SHALL  PREVENT  THE STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS OR
 BEQUESTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE FUND AS DEFINED  IN  THIS  SECTION  AND
 DEPOSITING THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
   3.  MONEYS  FROM THE FUND SHALL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING,
 MAINTAINING, REPAIRING AND REPLACING SOFT BODY BALLISTIC ARMOR VESTS AND
 OTHER PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR STATE  POLICE  AND  MUNICIPAL  DEPARTMENT
 POLICE  CANINES UTILIZED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF POLICE DUTIES, AS WELL AS
 THE PURCHASING AND TRAINING OF SUCH POLICE CANINES.
   4. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE  CONSTRUED  TO  PROHIBIT
 THE  DIVISION  OF  STATE  POLICE OR ANY MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM
 EXPENDING ITS OWN FUNDS FOR BALLISTIC ARMOR VESTS  OR  OTHER  PROTECTIVE
 EQUIPMENT FOR POLICE CANINES.
   5.  A MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENT UTILIZING ONE OR MORE POLICE CANINES
 MAY APPLY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STATE POLICE  FOR  THE  PURCHASE,
 MAINTENANCE,  REPAIR  OR  REPLACEMENT  OF  POLICE CANINE VESTS AND OTHER
 PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF  THIS  SECTION.
 THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  THE  STATE POLICE SHALL ESTABLISH A PROCESS FOR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD00508-01-5
 S. 189                              2
 
 APPLICATION BY SUCH POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND FOR SELECTION OF  DEPARTMENTS
 TO RECEIVE POLICE CANINE VESTS OR OTHER PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
   6.  MONEYS  SHALL  BE PAID OUT OF THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF
 THE STATE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS  APPROVED  BY  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF
 STATE  POLICE.  ANY  INTEREST  RECEIVED  BY THE COMPTROLLER ON MONEYS ON
 DEPOSITS IN THE FUND SHALL BE RETAINED IN AND BECOME PART OF SUCH  FUND.
 NO  MONEY  FROM  SUCH FUND MAY BE WITHDRAWN, TRANSFERRED, OR USED BY ANY
 PERSON FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN AS PERMITTED BY THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have  become a law and shall apply to all claims filed on and after such
 effective date. Effective immediately  the  addition,  amendment  and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such date.

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Senate Bill S189

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

co-Sponsors

2025-S189 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S189 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S189 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S189 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Monica R. Martinez

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

co-Sponsors

Dean Murray

2025-S189 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S189 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S189 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S189 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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