Assembly Actions -
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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Jan 09, 2013 |
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Assembly Bill A1288
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ZEBROWSKI
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
co-Sponsors
Ellen C. Jaffee
Michael Benedetto
multi-Sponsors
Earlene Hooper
Matthew Titone
2013-A1288 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A1288 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Permits access to conviction records maintained by the division of criminal justice services of volunteers and prospective volunteers by New York state chapters of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America, Inc., upon the consent of such volunteers and prospective volunteers, free of charge; requires confidentiality in handling such records and designates breach of confidentiality as a class E felony; requires notice to volunteers and prospective volunteers of procedures to have access to such division of criminal justice services records and to verify the accuracy thereof.
2013-A1288 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1288 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, JAFFEE, BENEDETTO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, HOOPER, MAISEL, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the social services law and the executive law, in relation to permitting free of charge access to certain conviction records by chapters of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America, Inc. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 378-b to read as follows: S 378-B. ACCESS TO CONVICTION RECORDS BY NEW YORK STATE CHAPTERS OF BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS OF AMERICA, INC. 1. ANY NEW YORK CHAPTER OF BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS OF AMERICA, INC., WHICH IS A VOLUNTARY ORGAN- IZATION ORGANIZED UNDER THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW, MAY OBTAIN FROM THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES, THE NEW YORK STATE CONVICTION RECORD OR THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CONVICTION RECORD FOR A VOLUNTEER OR PROSPECTIVE VOLUNTEER, FREE OF CHARGE, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS: A. SUCH CHAPTERS SHALL OBTAIN SUCH CONVICTION RECORD ONLY FOR VOLUN- TEERS OR PROSPECTIVE VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH CHILDREN SERVED BY SUCH CHAPTER; B. SUCH CHAPTER SHALL DESIGNATE ONE INDIVIDUAL TO REQUEST, RECEIVE AND REVIEW SUCH CONVICTION RECORD, AND ONLY SUCH DESIGNATED PERSON SHALL HAVE ACCESS TO SUCH RECORD. SUCH CHAPTER SHALL REGISTER SUCH DESIGNATED INDIVIDUAL WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES; AND C. SUCH DESIGNATED AND REGISTERED INDIVIDUAL IN EACH SUCH CHAPTER SHALL MARK SUCH CONVICTION RECORD "CONFIDENTIAL" UPON RECEIPT, AND SHALL MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES SUCH CONVICTION RECORD IN A SECURE PLACE IN ORDER TO INSURE CONFIDENTIALITY. A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THE CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS E FELONY. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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