What's happening
This bill allows Orange and Rockland County municipalities to charge organizers of paid-admission events for extra police protection costs.
Why it matters
Shifts the financial responsibility for extra police presence at large, paid-admission events from taxpayers to event organizers, potentially reducing the burden on local budgets and residents.
Gives municipalities broad discretion to categorize which types of events trigger cost recovery, allowing local governments to tailor policies to their unique public safety needs and event profiles.
Exempts not-for-profit organizations, which could help protect community and charity events from new financial barriers, while focusing the costs on commercial and for-profit activities.
Allows municipalities to require upfront payment or deposits for estimated police costs, reducing the risk of unpaid expenses and improving planning and resource allocation for public safety.
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Who cares
Orange and Rockland municipalities
The bill would let them adopt local laws charging paid-admission event organizers for additional police personnel beyond normal on-duty staffing.
Paid-admission event operators, promoters and sponsors
They could face charges for extra officers they request or the municipality deems necessary, with local laws potentially requiring advance payment of estimated costs.
Municipal police departments in Orange and Rockland
Local laws could require event organizers to submit information to help determine whether additional officers should be scheduled.
Corporations formed under the not-for-profit corporation law
Municipalities could exempt them from these local laws.
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Charge Events for Extra Police
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History
- Held for consideration in local governments
- Referred to local governments
- Referred to local governments
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4434
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT to authorize municipalities located in the county of Orange and the county of Rockland to charge for the cost of providing additional police protection to paid-admission events
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Any municipality located in the county of Orange or the county of Rockland is hereby authorized to adopt a local law to provide that the person or persons responsible for either operating, conducting, promoting, or sponsoring any special event, exhibition, or contest to be held in such municipality, at which a price for admission or attendance is charged or is to be charged, shall pay the costs incurred by such municipality as a result of providing additional police personnel, if any, beyond the normal number of officers who would have otherwise been on duty. The local law shall identify the type or types of special events, exhibitions, or contests for which an activity's operator, conductor, promoter, or sponsor may be charged for additional police personnel that is either requested by the operator, conductor, promoter, or sponsor or determined to be necessary by the municipality. The local law may also provide that: (a) the operator, conductor, promoter, or sponsor of the activity shall complete such forms or applications providing the information deemed necessary by the municipality to determine whether any additional police personnel should be scheduled for the event; (b) the local law shall not apply to any corporation formed under the not-for-profit corporation law; and (c) the operator, conductor, promoter, or sponsor of the activity shall pay all or a portion of the estimated cost of additional police protection prior to the commencement of the event.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08069-02-9
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