S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8538 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y August 23, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the unlawful purchase or possession of a body vest THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 270.21 to read as follows: § 270.21 UNLAWFUL PURCHASE OR POSSESSION OF A BODY VEST. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF THE UNLAWFUL PURCHASE OR POSSESSION OF A BODY VEST WHEN HE OR SHE KNOWINGLY AND UNLAWFULLY PURCHASES OR POSSESSES A BODY VEST, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 270.20 OF THIS ARTICLE. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ACTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OR THOSE WHOSE OCCUPATIONS REQUIRE THE USE OF BODY VESTS AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. UNLAWFUL PURCHASE OR POSSESSION OF A BODY VEST IS A CLASS A MISDEMEA- NOR FOR A FIRST OFFENSE AND A CLASS E FELONY FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE. § 2. Any person currently in possession of a body vest, as such term is defined in subdivision two of section 270.20 of the penal law, shall have 15 days from the effective date of this act to dispose of such body vest at any local or state law enforcement agency. § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13615-02-9