Assembly Bill A8318

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the disposal of copies of identification documents

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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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2021-A8318 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §209-h, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A2156

2021-A8318 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the disposal of copies of identification documents by owner, lessee, proprietor or manager of any hotel, motel, steamboat, tourist cabins, camp, resort, tavern, inn, boarding or lodging house.

2021-A8318 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8318
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  requiring  the
   disposal of copies of identification documents
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 209-h to read as follows:
   § 209-H. DISPOSAL OF COPIES OF IDENTIFICATION  DOCUMENTS.  THE  OWNER,
 LESSEE,  PROPRIETOR  OR  MANAGER OF ANY HOTEL, MOTEL, STEAMBOAT, TOURIST
 CABINS, CAMP, RESORT, TAVERN,  INN,  BOARDING  OR  LODGING  HOUSE  SHALL
 DISPOSE  OF  ANY  COPIES OF A GUEST'S IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT, INCLUDING
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO A DRIVER'S LICENSE, PASSPORT, OR NON-DRIVER IDENTIFI-
 CATION CARD, WITHIN TWELVE HOURS OF THE  GUEST  COMPLETING  THEIR  STAY.
 DISPOSAL  OF THE COPIES SHALL INCLUDE DELETION OF ANY DIGITAL COPIES AND
 THE PHYSICAL DESTRUCTION OF ANY PHYSICAL COPIES SUCH THAT  IT  WOULD  BE
 INFEASIBLE TO RECREATE THE COPY.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06531-01-1

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