A 3281: Creates a police safety equipment grant program to provide for services and expenses related to police safety equipment; directs a sum of $30,000,000 to be appropriated to such program.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3281 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SMITH, ANGELINO, CHANG, NOVAKHOV, MANKTELOW, MIKULIN, MORINELLO, MILLER, TANNOUSIS, BLANKENBUSH, RA, PALMESANO, BRABENEC, DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to creating the police safety equipment grant program; and making an appropriation therefor 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 839-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 839-a. Police safety equipment grant program. There is hereby 4 created within the division of criminal justice services a police safety 5 equipment grant program to be administered by the commissioner to award 6 grants to provide for services and expenses related to police safety 7 equipment including, but not limited to, bullet resistant vests, ballis- 8 tic vehicle door panels, riot shields, conducted energy devices and 9 portable electronic tablets. A grant may be awarded upon submission of 10 an application to the commissioner. Such application for a grant shall 11 demonstrate a specific need for an award of a grant to provide protec- 12 tive equipment for police officers as defined in section 1.20 of the 13 criminal procedure law. 14 § 2. The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000), or so much ther- 15 eof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the police safety 16 equipment grant program as established pursuant to section 839-a of the 17 executive law from any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appro- 18 priated and made immediately available to the division of criminal 19 justice services for distribution to local law enforcement agencies for 20 the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this act. Such moneys 21 shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers 22 certified or approved by the commissioner of criminal justice services 23 in the manner prescribed by law. 24 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01498-01-5