Assembly Bill A3924

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires notice be provided to any officer or employee of the department of correctional services whose personal information is the subject of a subpoena duces tecum

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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
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2019-A3924 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1581
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §112, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8064, S5207
2011-2012: A1793, S3786
2013-2014: A4871, S3338
2015-2016: A2424, S3818
2017-2018: A6888, S3581
2021-2022: S2638
2023-2024: S228

2019-A3924 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that notice be provided to any officer or employee of the department of corrections and community supervision whose personal information is the subject of a subpoena duces tecum.

2019-A3924 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3924
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WEPRIN, ABINANTI, PALMESANO, B. MILLER, BLAKE --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, HAWLEY, HYNDMAN, MOSLEY -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the subpoena power of
   the commissioner of the department of correctional services

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section 112 of the correction law, as
 amended by section 19 of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of  the  laws
 of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   3. The commissioner may require reports from the superintendent or any
 other officer or employee of the department assigned to any correctional
 facility  or  to perform community supervision in relation to his or her
 conduct as such officer or employee, and shall have the power to inquire
 into any improper conduct which may be alleged to have been committed by
 any person at any correctional facility or in the course of his  or  her
 performance  of  community  supervision,  and  for that purpose to issue
 subpoenas to compel the attendance  of  witnesses,  and  the  production
 before him or her of books, writings and papers. A subpoena issued under
 this  section  shall  be  regulated by the civil practice law and rules,
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, ANY OFFICER  OR  EMPLOYEE  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  WHOSE
 PERSONAL  INFORMATION  IS THE SUBJECT OF A SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM SHALL BE
 PROVIDED WRITTEN NOTICE OF SUCH SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM WITHIN  FIVE  BUSI-
 NESS DAYS OF THE COMMISSIONER ISSUING SUCH SUBPOENA.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07053-01-9

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