STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10106 IN ASSEMBLY May 3, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments 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. LBD03643-01-3