New York S 4940: Establishes a youth outreach department within the state police, city, village, town, and district police departments, and sheriff departments

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S04940 Summary:

BILL NOS04940 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04064

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSRRHOADS

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Add §204-bb, Gen Muni L; add §663, County L; add §236, Exec L

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Establishes a youth outreach department within the state police, city, village, town, and district police departments, and sheriff departments for the purposes of designing and carrying out youth activities organized by the department.

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BILL NOS04940 

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02/14/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

06/10/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/10/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1742

06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/10/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4940

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, the county law, and the exec-
 utive law, in relation to establishing a youth outreach department
 within the state police, city, village, town, and district police
 departments, and sheriff's departments

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

 1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 204-bb to read as follows:
 3 § 204-bb. Youth outreach department. All police departments organized
 4 at the city, village, town, or district level shall establish, from
 5 existing resources within such department, a youth outreach department,
 6 division, or component for the purposes of designing and carrying out
 7 youth activities organized by the police department.
 8 § 2. The county law is amended by adding a new section 663 to read as
 9 follows:
 10 § 663. Youth outreach department. The sheriff's department of every
 11 county shall establish, from existing resources within such department,
 12 a youth outreach department, division, or component for the purposes of
 13 designing and carrying out youth activities organized by the sheriff's
 14 department.
 15 § 3. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 236 to read
 16 as follows:
 17 § 236. Youth outreach department. The state police shall establish,
 18 from existing resources within the state police, a youth outreach
 19 department, division, or component for the purposes of designing and
 20 carrying out youth activities organized by the state police.
 21 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05981-01-5

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