2012 Conference Executive Record Report.pdf - YMCA of Greater ...

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STATE OF NEW YORK
YMCA YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT
BILL NUMBER S – 04 A
INTRODUCED BY: Nana Apraku, Tenaja Smith-Butler, Jainaba Darboe and Joy Ugiagbe
AN ACT
TO: Cap funding for correctional services and allocate the money towards educational facilities.
The People of the State of New York, represented in the
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Purpose
The purpose of our bill is to ensure that education is given proper priority in the NYS budget system. We wish to
allocate more funds to education upon the passage of our bill.
Summary of Provisions
Section 1:
Allocation: To set apart for a special purpose; designate.
NYS (New York State) Budget: A drafting of how and where funding for NYS will be spread.
Educational facilities can be daycares, schools, afterschool programs or a library.
Section 2:
Our bill is going to cap funding for correctional services and put the money that would have been given to correctional
services to educational facilities. At the end of the drafting, where legislators create the budget, cap for correctional
services made and all the extra original funds will be deducted from the planned amount and allocated to the educational
portion of the NYS Budget.
Justification
Education is a major element in the development of children and young adults in society. However recent studies
have shown that there is a growing unbalance in the amount of money spent on education compared to correctional
institutions. California spends almost 3-5 times more money on jails and prisons than on education with a graduation rate
of only 68% and this situation is where New York will be soon if there isn’t a plan to prevent it. New York spends about
$56,000 per inmate compared to the average $16,000 per student enrolled in the school system. There has been an
increasing trend to spend more money on jail systems, in 1986 the U.S. allocated almost 10 billion dollars toward
correctional facilities by 2005 that number quadrupled to almost 43 billion dollars. State prisons have as many as 8,000
excess beds at their 67 facilities, and the ratio of correction officers to inmates far exceeds national averages, state
records show. Millions of dollars are also paid to improve jail beds or front gate presentation. New York State must set
priorities and make sure that when money is tight that we are allocating it properly.
Fiscal Implications
We do not plan to add or reduce the amount of funds provided we wish to spread them more fairly.
Effective Date
The 2013-2014 NYS Budget Drafting process. (Begins in Spring).
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STATE OF NEW YORK
YMCA YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT
BILL NUMBER S-04 B
INTRODUCED BY: Heather Kilmer, Jaye Kudreyko, Brittany Bassett, and Marisa Passaro
AN ACT
TO: Add subsection 14 to section 220.16 of the New York State Penal Law.
The People of the State of New York, represented in the
Senate and Assembly do enact as follows:
Purpose
To ban “bath salts”, the manufacture, sale, and distribution of bath salts in New York State.
Summary of Provisions
Section 1: Definitions
“Bath Salts”: A mixture of hallucinogenic substances such as mephedrone, Methylenedioxypyrovalerone, or MDPV,
methylone, and various other substances based on the manufacturer and brand.
D.E.A: Drug Enforcement Administration; a component of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Section 2: Provisions
A person is guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree when he knowingly and unlawfully
posses:
1. A narcotic drug with intent to sell it; or
2. A stimulant, hallucinogenic substance, or lysergic acid diethylamide, with intent to sell it and has previously
been convicted of an offence defined in article two hundred twenty or the attempt or conspiracy to commit any
such offense; or
3. A stimulant with intent to sell it and said stimulant weighs one gram or more; or
4. Lysergic acid diethylamide with intent to sell it and said lysergic acid diethylamide weighs one milligram or
more; or
5. A hallucinogen with intent to sell it and said hallucinogen weights twenty-five milligrams or more; or
6. A hallucinogenic substance with intent to sell it and said hallucinogenic substance weighs one gram or more; or
7. One or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances containing methamphetamine, its salts, isomers or
salts of isomers with intent to sell it and said preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are of an
aggregate weight of one-eighth ounce or more; or
8. A stimulant and said stimulant weighs five grams or more; or
9. Lysergic acid diethylamide and said lysergic acid diethylamide weighs five milligrams or more; or
10. A hallucinogenic substance and said hallucinogen weighs one hundred twenty-five milligrams or more; or
11. A hallucinogenic substance and said hallucinogenic substance weighs five grams or more; or
12. One or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances containing a narcotic drug and said preparations,
compounds mixtures or substances are of an aggregate weight of one-half ounce or more; or
13. Phencyclidine and said phencyclidine weighs one thousand two hundred fifty milligrams or more; or
14. A “bath salt” containing mephedrone, methylenedioxypyrovalerone, and methylone with intent to sell or use it.
Fiscal Implications
There are no necessary funds needed, there is no tax paid on this substance.
Justification
This Bill will ensure the safety of the public in New York State. By banning “bath salts”, New York State can protect
users of this drug and the people around them.
Effective Date
This bill will go into effect one year after its passage.