 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9104
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    November 23, 2020
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  JORDAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
        AN ACT to amend the state finance  law,  in  relation  to  creating  the
          public/private  security  camera  fund;  and  making  an appropriation
          therefor
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section
     2  99-ii to read as follows:
     3    § 99-ii. Public/private security  camera  fund.  1.  There  is  hereby
     4  established  in  the  joint  custody  of  the  state comptroller and the
     5  commissioner of taxation and finance a special fund to be known  as  the
     6  public/private security camera fund.
     7    2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received from the abandoned
     8  property  fund pursuant to section ninety-five of this article, from the
     9  general fund, and from all other moneys credited or transferred  thereto
    10  from  any  other  fund  or  source pursuant to law. Such fund shall also
    11  receive contributions from private individuals, organizations, or  other
    12  persons  to  fulfill  the purposes of the public/private security camera
    13  fund.
    14    3. The sum of ten million dollars annually shall be  used  for  grants
    15  related  to  providing video surveillance systems for businesses or not-
    16  for-profit corporations in high crime areas of  the  state.  The  grants
    17  shall be distributed pursuant to a plan developed by the commissioner of
    18  criminal  justice services. Such plan shall consider factors such as the
    19  crime rate in the immediate vicinity of the business  or  not-for-profit
    20  corporation,  with priority given to small businesses and not-for-profit
    21  corporations in areas with high crime rates, the number of employees  of
    22  the business or not-for-profit corporation, with priority given to small
    23  businesses  and  not-for-profit corporations and the public safety bene-
    24  fits of placing a video surveillance system at such business or not-for-
    25  profit corporation. No  business  or  not-for-profit  corporation  shall
    26  receive more than one thousand dollars in grant money.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD17469-02-0

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     1    4. Upon the showing of good cause, a business or not-for-profit corpo-
     2  ration  that  receives a grant shall provide law enforcement with access
     3  to their video surveillance system.
     4    § 2. The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000), is hereby appropri-
     5  ated  to  the  department  of audit and control out of any moneys in the
     6  state treasury in the general fund to the credit of  the  public/private
     7  security  camera  fund, not otherwise appropriated, and made immediately
     8  available, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of  this  act.
     9  Such moneys shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the comptroller
    10  on  vouchers  certified  or  approved  by  the  commissioner of criminal
    11  justice services in the manner prescribed by law.
    12    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
Creates the public/private security camera fund

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