Assembly Bill A5938

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes a closed-circuit television system and surveillance personal privacy act

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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-A5938 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 1-B §§52 - 55, Pub Auth L; add Art 24 §§500 - 503, Transp L; add Art 14-B-1 §§375 - 378, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1313
2011-2012: A5158
2013-2014: A294
2017-2018: A5649

2015-A5938 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a public authority closed-circuit television system and surveillance personal privacy act, a state highway closed-circuit television system and surveillance personal privacy act and a municipal closed-circuit television system and surveillance personal privacy act.

2015-A5938 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5938

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 9, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. KAVANAGH, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
  A. BRENNAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations,
  Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, the transportation  law  and
  the  general  municipal law, in relation to establishing a closed-cir-
  cuit television system and surveillance personal privacy act

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

  Section  1.  Legislative  findings  and  declarations. The legislature
finds and declares the state has increasingly used  camera  systems  and
other surveillance technologies to monitor the daily legal activities of
its  citizens. Even in public and quasi-public forums, increasing use of
government surveillance has a chilling effect on the freedoms and activ-
ities of its citizens. Therefore, the legislature finds that  the  state
has  an  obligation  to establish a policy in which the public's privacy
interests are protected where camera systems are  increasingly  used  in
traffic  enforcement, surveillance and other areas. Where these surveil-
lance systems are used, the state has an obligation to protect an  indi-
vidual's  right  of  personal  privacy,  and consequently, must take all
steps to protect  personal privacy in all aspects  of  system  planning,
design,  deployment,  operation and maintenance and shall not collect or
disseminate any personal identifier information.
  S 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new article 1-B
to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 1-B
            PUBLIC AUTHORITY CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION SYSTEM
                  AND SURVEILLANCE PERSONAL PRIVACY ACT
SECTION 52. DEFINITIONS.
        53. OPERATION OF CCTV SYSTEMS; PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.
        54. RESTRICTIONS ON RECORDING CCTV SYSTEM VIDEO.
        55. USE AND DISSEMINATION OF CCTV SYSTEM DATA.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04491-01-5
              

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