Senate Bill S2117

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes prosecuting agency to move to have identity of undercover public officers and employees protected while testifying in court

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S2117 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3512
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §50-a, Civ Rts L; amd §60.15, CP L; add §343.6, Fam Ct Act; add §4516-a, CPLR
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1751, A4872
2013-2014: S2174, A2139
2015-2016: S1467, A2796
2017-2018: S224, A4096
2019-2020: A851

2009-S2117 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the people in a criminal proceeding, the presentment agency in a juvenile delinquency proceeding and a governmental agency or public employer in a civil enforcement action to move to protect the identity, address and any other identifying information of any witness who is an undercover public officer or employee when the disclosure of the identity of such officer or employee would endanger the officer's life or employee's or compromise his or her continued effectiveness.

2009-S2117 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2117 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2117

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. GOLDEN, MORAHAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, the criminal  procedure  law,  the
  family  court act and the civil practice law and rules, in relation to
  protecting the identity of undercover public officers and employees

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 50-a of the civil rights law, as
amended by chapter 137 of the laws  of  2002,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  All personnel records, used to evaluate performance toward contin-
ued employment or promotion, under the control of any police  agency  or
department  of  the state or any political subdivision thereof including
authorities or agencies maintaining police forces of individuals defined
as police officers in section 1.20 of the  criminal  procedure  law  and
such  personnel records under the control of a sheriff's department or a
department of correction of individuals employed as correction  officers
and  such  personnel records under the control of a paid fire department
or    force    of    individuals    employed    as    firefighters    or
firefighter/paramedics  and  such personnel records under the control of
the division of parole for individuals defined as peace officers  pursu-
ant  to  subdivisions twenty-three and twenty-three-a of section 2.10 of
the criminal procedure law shall  be  considered  confidential  and  not
subject  to  inspection or review without the express written consent of
such  police  officer,  firefighter,  firefighter/paramedic,  correction
officer  or peace officer within the division of parole except as may be
mandated by lawful court order. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  PERSONNEL
RECORDS SHALL INCLUDE ANY REPORT, PAPER, PICTURE, PHOTOGRAPH, COURT FILE
OR OTHER DOCUMENT, IN THE CUSTODY OR POSSESSION OF ANY PUBLIC OFFICER OR
EMPLOYEE,  WHICH TENDS TO IDENTIFY BY NAME OR IMAGE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS
PERFORMING OR HAS PERFORMED OFFICIAL DUTIES IN A  COVERT  OR  UNDERCOVER

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05712-01-9
              

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