New York S 8127: Makes chapter 689 of the laws of 1993 permanent

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S08127 Summary:

BILL NOS08127 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08289

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SPONSORRYAN S

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, GALLIVAN

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §8, add §79, Indian L

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Relates to intrusions upon lands owned or occupied by any nation, tribe or band of Indians, and to drug trafficking activities within Indian lands; provides that the district attorney of a county in which reservation lands are situated, upon application of a person designated by the laws of a nation, tribe or band to make such application, shall make complaint of intrusions on such lands and cause intruders to be removed; provides that the governor, the superintendent of state police, a sheriff of a county that includes lands of the Seneca nation, or the chief of police of the city of Salamanca, may, at the request of the Seneca nation, enter into an agreement with the Seneca nation governing the terms and conditions of criminal law enforcement activities within the nation's Indian County lands; provides that such agreements shall be given full force and effect by the courts of the state.

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BILL NOS08127 

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

05/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.1446

05/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

06/04/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/10/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A8289

&nbspA08289 AMEND= Peoples-Stokes

&nbsp05/09/2025referred to judiciary

&nbsp06/05/2025reference changed to ways and means

&nbsp06/06/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/09/2025reported 

&nbsp06/09/2025rules report cal.529

&nbsp06/09/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.529

&nbsp06/09/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/09/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/09/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/10/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S8127

&nbsp06/10/20253RD READING CAL.1446

&nbsp06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/10/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/08/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp12/19/2025signed chap.665

&nbsp12/19/2025approval memo.46

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8127

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. S. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
 ment Operations

 AN ACT to amend the Indian law, in relation to non-Indian trespass and
 drug trafficking activities within Indian lands

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

 1 Section 1. Section 8 of the Indian law, as amended by chapter 886 of
 2 the laws of 1957, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 8. Intrusion on tribal lands. 1. Except as otherwise provided by
 4 law, no person shall enter, remain, settle or reside, conduct a busi-
 5 ness, operate a junkyard, or establish or contribute to an automobile
 6 graveyard or dump of any kind, upon any lands owned or occupied by any
 7 nation, tribe or band of Indians, except the citizens or members of such
 8 nation, tribe or band or their authorized guests or lessees.
 9 2. Without the permission of the council or other similar authority of
 10 any Indian reservation, no person shall hereafter establish, conduct and
 11 operate, or contribute to the establishment, conduct and operation of
 12 any junkyard, automobile graveyard or dump on any land within the limits
 13 of an Indian reservation. Any lease, contract or agreement in violation
 14 of this section shall be void.
 15 3. The district attorney of any county in which reservation lands are
 16 situated, upon the written application of such person or entity desig-
 17 nated by the laws of the nation, tribe or band to make such application
 18 on behalf of the nation, tribe or band owning and occupying such lands,
 19 shall make complaint of any intrusions on such lands, and cause the
 20 intruders to be removed.
 21 4. The county judge of the county in which such lands are situated,
 22 upon complaint made to [him] such judge, of a violation of this section
 23 shall, if [he] such judge thinks there is reasonable ground therefor,
 24 issue a notice directed t