New York A 3969: Relates to veteran real property tax exemptions and state funding to localities that grant such exemptions

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A03969 Summary:

BILL NOA03969 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01274

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SPONSORKelles

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COSPNSRHevesi

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Amd §§995, 995-b, 995-e & 995-c, rpld §995 sub 9, §995-a, add §§995-a & 995-aa, Exec L; amd §17-208, NYC Ad
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Updates the membership, powers, duties and procedures of the commission on forensic science; establishes the scientific advisory committee, the social justice, ethics, and equity assessment committee and the forensic analyst license advisory committee; makes conforming changes.

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BILL NOA03969 

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01/30/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3969

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to reforming the commis-
 sion on forensic science; and to amend the executive law and the
 administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to making
 conforming changes; and to repeal certain provisions of the executive
 law relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2, 4 and 8 of section 995 of the executive
 2 law, as added by chapter 737 of the laws of 1994 and subdivision 1 as
 3 amended by chapter 209 of the laws of 2021, are amended to read as
 4 follows:
 5 1. [For purposes of general forensic analysis the term "forensic]
 6 "Forensic laboratory" shall mean any agency, section of any agency, or
 7 laboratory operated by [the state or unit of local government], or
 8 contracted with, a state or local law enforcement unit, inclusive of but
 9 not limited to sheriffs' offices, police departments, district attor-
 10 ney's offices and probation departments, that performs forensic testing
 11 on evidence in a criminal investigation or proceeding or for purposes of
 12 identification.
 13 2. [For purposes of forensic DNA analysis, the term "forensic DNA
 14 laboratory" shall mean any forensic laboratory operated by the state or
 15 unit of local government, that performs forensic DNA testing on crime
 16 scenes or materials derived from the human body for use as evidence in a
 17 criminal proceeding or for purposes of identification and the term
 18 "forensic DNA] "Forensic testing" shall mean any test or examination
 19 that employs techniques to examine [deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) derived
 20 from the human body] physical, chemical, digital, or biometric proper-
 21 ties of evidence or data for the purpose of [providing information to
 22 resolve issues of identification] determining the connection of evidence

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01337-01-5

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 1 or data to a criminal action or to resolve issues of identity pertaining
 2 to criminal investigations or surveillance, provided, however that the
 3 use of mobile forensic digital tools to extract data from cellphones and
 4 computers by a police agency shall not be subject to the provisions of
 5 this article. Regulation pursuant to this article shall not include
 6 [DNA] deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing on materials derived from the
 7 human body pursuant to title five of article five of the public health
 8 law for the purpose of determining a person's genetic disease or medical
 9 condition and shall not include a laboratory operated by the federal
 10 government.
 11 4. "Blind external proficiency testing" means a test [sample] that [is
 12 presented] appears to [a] the forensic [laboratory for forensic DNA
 13 testing through a second agency, and which appears to the analysts to
 14 involve routine evidence submitted for forensic DNA testing] analysts to
 15 involve routine evidence. The purpose of such a test is to evaluate the
 16 forensic analysts� performance against pre-existing criteria.
 17 8. "DNA record" means DNA id