Bill Text: NY A09461 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a twenty-four hour toll-free statewide hotline to report criminal or unlawful possession of a weapon.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to codes [A09461 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A09461-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9461
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 6, 2010
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       Introduced  by M. of A. HEASTIE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to  establishing  a  24  hour
         toll-free  statewide hotline to report criminal or unlawful possession
         of a weapon
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 265.07 to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 265.07 CRIMINAL OR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON HOTLINE.
    4    1. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES SHALL
    5  ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A TWENTY-FOUR HOUR  TOLL-FREE  STATEWIDE  HOTLINE
    6  NUMBER FOR USE IN THE INVESTIGATION AND PREVENTION OF CRIMINAL OR UNLAW-
    7  FUL  POSSESSION  OF  A  WEAPON  IN  VIOLATION OF SECTION 265.01, 265.02,
    8  265.03, 265.04, 265.05 OR 265.06 OF THIS ARTICLE. SUCH TOLL-FREE  NUMBER
    9  MAY  BE  USED  BY PERSONS TO REPORT OBSERVATIONS OR KNOWLEDGE OF PERSONS
   10  ENGAGING IN  CONDUCT  SPECIFIED  IN  SECTIONS  265.01,  265.02,  265.03,
   11  265.04, 265.05 AND 265.06 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   12    2.  INFORMATION CONCERNING CRIMINAL OR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON
   13  OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER SHALL BE  TRANSMITTED  TO  THE
   14  APPROPRIATE  STATE  OR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGU-
   15  LATIONS PROMULGATED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER,  THE  DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL
   16  JUSTICE  SERVICES SHALL PREPARE AN ANNUAL REPORT WHICH PROVIDES INFORMA-
   17  TION CONCERNING THE NUMBER, LOCATION AND NATURE OF THE CALLS RECEIVED ON
   18  THE CRIMINAL OR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF  A  WEAPON  HOTLINE.  THE  ANNUAL
   19  REPORT  SHALL BE PUBLISHED ON THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES'
   20  WEBSITE.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   22  have  become  a  law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the
   23  addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
   24  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized
   25  and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14955-01-9