Bill Text: NY A09461 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
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
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9461 I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 6, 2010 ___________ 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