New York Senate Bill S04940 Latest Draft

   
  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