Assembly Bill A8463

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides that certain prospective employees of the department of education have a criminal background check conducted on them

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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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2015-A8463 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6502
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3035, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9749, S5356
2017-2018: A4530, S1710

2015-A8463 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that certain prospective employees of the department of education have a criminal background check conducted on them.

2015-A8463 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8463

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             October 9, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to criminal background
  checks of certain prospective employees

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

  Section  1.  Section  3035 of the education law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 3-b to read as follows:
  3-B. UPON REQUEST FROM A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE WHO HAS BEEN CLEARED  BY
THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  MOTOR  VEHICLES  PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE HUNDRED
NINE-CC OR SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE-D OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAF-
FIC LAW, THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO FORWARD
A COPY OF SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD  AND  SUCH  INDIVID-
UAL'S  FINGERPRINTS  TO  THE  COMMISSIONER  FOR PURPOSES OF CONDUCTING A
CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECK PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION.    FURTHERMORE,
UPON  NOTIFICATION  THAT  SUCH PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN CLEARED FOR
EMPLOYMENT BY THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE DIVISION OF
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SUBSEQUENT
CRIMINAL HISTORY NOTIFICATIONS DIRECTLY TO THE COMMISSIONER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08318-01-5

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