New York S 2244: Relates to divestment from the 1033 federal excess property program

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S02244 Summary:

BILL NOS02244 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLIU

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COSPNSRBRISPORT, COMRIE, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, MAY, MYRIE, PARKER, RAMOS, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §837-y, Exec L

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Prohibits any local police department, county sheriff's office, the division of the state police or any agency that employs a peace officer in this state from participating in the 1033 federal excess property program for the purposes of receiving lethal or offensive weapons.

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BILL NOS02244 

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01/16/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2244

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. LIU, BRISPORT, COMRIE, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, MAY,
 MYRIE, PARKER, RAMOS, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to divestment from the
 1033 federal excess property program

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-y
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 837-y. Divestment from 1033 federal excess property program. 1. No
 4 local police department, county sheriff's office, the division of the
 5 state police or any agency that employs a peace officer in this state
 6 shall participate in the 1033 federal excess property program for the
 7 purposes of receiving lethal or offensive weapons. The division shall
 8 promulgate rules and regulations regarding the definition of lethal or
 9 offensive weapons for the purposes of this section.
 10 2. The division, in conjunction with the state attorney-general and
 11 the division of homeland security and emergency services, shall coordi-
 12 nate the return or disposal of all lethal or offensive weapons provided
 13 to any local police department, county sheriff's office, the division of
 14 the state police or any agency that employs a peace officer in this
 15 state pursuant to the 1033 federal excess property program.
 16 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions one and two of this
 17 section, the city of New York shall be permitted to retain such lethal
 18 or offensive weapons provided pursuant to the 1033 federal excess prop-
 19 erty program for the purposes of counterterrorism as determined by the
 20 division, in consultation with the United States department of homeland
 21 security.
 22 4. The division shall annually prepare and publish a public report on
 23 the state of participation in the 1033 federal excess property program
 24 in the state. Such report shall be made to the governor, the temporary
 25 president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly and the attorney
 26 general, and shall be posted on the website of the division.
 27 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06235-01-5

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