New York A 2628: Establishes the bullet-proof vests for officers fund

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
A02628 Summary:

BILL NOA02628A

&nbsp

SAME ASNo Same As

&nbsp

SPONSORSayegh

&nbsp

COSPNSRRamos, DeStefano, Colton, Steck, Shimsky, Lemondes

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Add §99-uu, St Fin L; add §630-m, Tax L

&nbsp

Establishes the bullet-proof vests for officers fund.

Go to top A02628 Actions:

BILL NOA02628A

&nbsp

01/21/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

05/26/2026amend and recommit to governmental operations

05/26/2026print number 2628a

Go to topA02628 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topA02628 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA02628 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2628--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH, RAMOS, DeSTEFANO, COLTON, STECK, SHIMSKY,
 LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental
 Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,
 bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
 committee

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the tax law, in relation to
 establishing the bullet-proof vests for officers fund

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

 1 Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section
 2 99-uu to read as follows:
 3 § 99-uu. Bullet-proof vests for officers fund. 1. A special fund to be
 4 known as the "bullet-proof vests for officers fund" is hereby estab-
 5 lished in the custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of
 6 taxation and finance.
 7 2. The fund shall consist of all monies transferred to such fund
 8 pursuant to law, all monies required by any provision of law to be paid
 9 into or credited to the fund, all monies from gifts pursuant to section
 10 six hundred thirty-m of the tax law and any interest earnings which may
 11 accrue from the investment of monies in the fund. Nothing contained
 12 herein shall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts or bequests
 13 for the purposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing
 14 them in the fund according to law.
 15 3. Monies of the fund, when allocated, shall be available to the divi-
 16 sion of criminal justice services for the purpose of providing police
 17 officers and canines serving in canine units with bullet-proof vests for
 18 use in the line of duty. Bullet-proof vests shall be distributed at the
 19 discretion of the commissioner of criminal justice services, pursuant to
 20 guidelines established by such commissioner for statewide distribution
 21 of such bullet-proof vests.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03555-02-6

 A. 2628--A 2

 1 4. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of
 2 the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner
 3 of criminal justice services.
 4 § 2. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 630-m to read as
 5 follows:
 6 § 630-m. Gift for the bullet-proof vests for officers fund. Effective
 7 for any tax year commencing on or after January first, two thousand
 8 twenty-six, an individual in any taxable year may elect to contribute to
 9 the bullet-proof vests for officers fund. Such contribution shall be in
 10 any whole dollar amount and shall not reduce the amount of state tax
 11 owed by such individual. The commissioner shall include space on the
 12 personal income tax return to enable a taxpayer to make such contrib-
 13 ution. Notwithstanding any other provision of law all revenues collected
 14 pursuant to this section shall be credited to the bullet-proof vests for
 15 officers fund and used only for those purposes enumerated in section
 16 ninety-nine-uu of the state finance law.
 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

Go to top 

• 

 Sitemap 

 Request Information 

 Directions and Maps