§ 837-d. Soft body ballistic armor vests for police officers. 1. As\nused in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:\n (a) "Eligible police officer" means a police officer as defined in\nsubdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law\nwhose regular duties are such as the commissioner determines may expose\nthe officer to serious physical injury which may result in death or\ndisability;\n (b) "Vest" means a soft body ballistic armor vest;\n (c) "Municipal corporation" means a county, city, town, village or\npolice district;\n (d) "Public authority" means an independent autonomous public\ncorporation created by special act of the legislature;\n (e) "Public benefit corporation" means a corporation organized to\nconstruct or operate a public improvement wholly within the state;\n (f) "State agency" means a department, board, bureau, commission,\nagency or other division of state government;\n (g) "Applicant" means a state agency, municipal corporation, public\nauthority, public benefit corporation, or the highest official thereof.\n 2. An applicant which is authorized to and employs police officers may\napply to the commissioner for reimbursement of funds expended for the\npurchase of vests for eligible police officers.\n 3. Reimbursement shall be made only for vests which at the time of\npurchase meet or exceed the minimum standards and specifications in\neffect on that date as prescribed by rules and regulations promulgated\npursuant to subdivisions six and six-a of this section, and shall be\nlimited to the total amount appropriated for such purpose. Reimbursement\nfor any vest shall not exceed an amount which in the judgment of the\ncommissioner would be the cost of a vest conforming to minimum standards\nand specifications in effect at the time the vest was purchased.\nSelection of vests shall be a determination to be made by the applicant\nin accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the\ncommissioner. Such rules and regulations shall provide that, subject to\nthe provisions of subdivisions six and six-a of this section, the\napplicant may select from a range of vests including those commonly\nknown or classified as type I, type II-A, type II or type III-A in such\nstandard classification systems as the national institute of justice\nstandards for ballistic resistance of police body armor.\n 4. The commissioner shall require any applicant seeking reimbursement\nfor vests to apply for any available federal funds. Any applicant\nfailing to do so shall not be entitled to reimbursement under this\nsection. The commissioner may waive such failure for good cause. The\ncommissioner shall maintain a public record of all such waivers and the\nreasons therefor. Reimbursement may be withheld pending the\ndetermination of an application for federal funds.\n 4-a. An applicant for reimbursement pursuant to this section shall\nreport the name of each eligible police officer for whom reimbursement\nis sought. The applicant shall report whether such eligible police\nofficer or officers have, at any time during the ten years immediately\npreceding the application for reimbursement, been provided with any\nother vest for which reimbursement pursuant to this section was\nprovided, the date of any such prior reimbursement and any other\ninformation that the commissioner may require for accurate\nrecord-keeping and accountability and for evaluation of performance,\nwear and officer use of vests.\n 5. The amount of any reimbursement authorized to be made pursuant to\nsubdivision three of this section shall be reduced by the amount of any\nfederal funds granted to the applicant for the purpose of purchasing\nvests, and by the amount of any other funds received directly or\nindirectly for that purpose by the applicant.\n 6. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations prescribing standards\nand specifications for vests and procedures for vest selection by and\nreimbursement to ap
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