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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Feb 07, 2013 |
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Senate Bill S3620
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-S3620 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S3620 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3620 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to including constables and police constables of a town or village within the definition of "qualified agencies" PURPOSE: This legislation would permit constables to access criminal history and other pertinent information contained in the Division for Criminal Justice Services' databases. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill amends section 835 (9) of the executive law to add constables to the list of "qualified agencies" that are permitted to access criminal history information. JUSTIFICATION: Constables are peace officers who perform important law enforcement services. Constables often conduct traffic stops, answer calls for service and have powers of arrest as well. Under current law, however, constables are not included in the definition of "qualified agencies" in section 835 of the Executive Law, thereby making them unable to access criminal history and other pertinent information contained within the Division of Criminal Justice Services' databases. In addition to thwarting their ability to accomplish their law enforce- ment duties, the inability of constables to access this important infor- mation may put the safety of constables and others at greater risk, constables should be provided with every possible tool to allow them to carry out their duties as safely and effectively as possible and this
2013-S3620 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3620 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 7, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to including constables and police constables of a town or village within the definition of "qualified agencies" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 835 of the executive law, as sepa- rately amended by chapters 14 and 155 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: 9. "Qualified agencies" means courts in the unified court system, the administrative board of the judicial conference, probation departments, sheriffs' offices, district attorneys' offices, the state department of corrections and community supervision, the department of correction of any municipality, the financial frauds and consumer protection unit of the state department of financial services, the office of professional medical conduct of the state department of health for the purposes of section two hundred thirty of the public health law, the child protec- tive services unit of a local social services district when conducting an investigation pursuant to subdivision six of section four hundred twenty-four of the social services law, the office of Medicaid inspector general, the temporary state commission of investigation, police forces and departments having responsibility for enforcement of the general criminal laws of the state, CONSTABLES AND POLICE CONSTABLES OF A TOWN OR VILLAGE, the Onondaga County Center for Forensic Sciences Laboratory when acting within the scope of its law enforcement duties and the divi- sion of forensic services of the Nassau county medical examiner's office when acting within the scope of its law enforcement duties. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08562-01-3
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