Assembly Bill A7683

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Clarifies lawful uses of sealed records

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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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2013-A7683 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง160.50, 160.55, 160.58 & 720.35, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A5107
2017-2018: A4925
2019-2020: A6441
2021-2022: A4391
2023-2024: A3197

2013-A7683 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Clarifies lawful uses of sealed records.

2013-A7683 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7683

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 30, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to  the  use  of
  sealed records

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

  Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 1 of  section  160.50
of  the  criminal procedure law, paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 169
of the laws of 1994, paragraph (d) as amended by section 73 of subpart B
of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011,  are  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (c) all official records and papers, including judgments and orders of
a  court  but  not  including  published  court decisions or opinions or
records and briefs on appeal, relating to  the  arrest  or  prosecution,
including  all  duplicates and copies thereof, on file with the division
of criminal justice services, any court, police agency, or  prosecutor's
office  shall  be  sealed  and  not  made  available to, OR USED FOR ANY
PURPOSE NOT SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY LAW BY any person  or  public  or
private  agency,  EVEN  IF  THE RECORDS WERE PREVIOUSLY OBTAINED BY SUCH
PERSON OR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE AGENCY;
  (d) [such] THE records REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
SION  shall  ONLY  be  made  available  to, AND MAY ONLY BE USED BY, the
person accused or to such person's designated agent, and shall  ONLY  be
made  available  to,  AND  MAY  ONLY BE USED BY: (i) a prosecutor in any
proceeding in which the accused has  moved  for  an  order  pursuant  to
section  170.56  or  210.46  of  this chapter, or (ii) a law enforcement
agency upon ex parte motion in any superior court, if such agency demon-
strates to the satisfaction of the court that justice requires that such
records be made available to it, or (iii) any state or local officer  or
agency with responsibility for the issuance of licenses to possess guns,
when  the  accused  has made application for such a license, or (iv) the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11253-01-3
              

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