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                                    563
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive  law and the general business law, in
   relation to requiring policies for the use of automatic license  plate
   reader systems

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraphs 15 and 16 of paragraph (a) of  subdivision  3
 of  section  94-a  of  the executive law, subparagraph 15 as amended and
 subparagraph 16 as added by chapter 374 of the laws of 2022, are amended
 and a new subparagraph 17 is added to read as follows:
   (15) create an internet website or webpage pursuant to  section  three
 hundred  ninety-c  of the general business law, as added by chapter five
 hundred nine of the laws of two thousand seven; [and]
   (16) exercise such powers and duties granted to the secretary by arti-
 cle sixteen of the energy law as the secretary  may  direct,  including,
 but  not  limited  to: consult with such president of the New York state
 energy research and development authority in  connection  with  investi-
 gations  conducted  by such president pursuant to article sixteen of the
 energy law; make determinations relating to compliance by products  with
 the  standards  adopted  pursuant  to article sixteen of the energy law;
 order the immediate cessation of any distribution,  sale  or  offer  for
 sale,  import,  or  installation  of any product that does not meet such
 standards; and impose civil penalties as contemplated by article sixteen
 of the energy law[.] ; AND
   (17) (I) DEVELOP, MAINTAIN  AND DISSEMINATE A MINIMUM STANDARDS POLICY
 GOVERNING THE USE OF AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEMS  BY  NON-LAW
 ENFORCEMENT  ENTITIES.  THE  MINIMUM STANDARDS POLICY SHALL INCLUDE, BUT
 NOT BE LIMITED TO, PROVISIONS  ON  PERMISSIBLE  USES  OF  THE  AUTOMATIC
 LICENSE PLATE READER TECHNOLOGY, DATA SHARING AND DISSEMINATION, PROHIB-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD02135-01-5
 A. 563                              2
 
 ITED  USES,  RECORD RETENTION AND MANAGEMENT, AND TRAINING. FOR PURPOSES
 OF THIS SECTION, "AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEM"  SHALL  MEAN  A
 SYSTEM OF ONE OR MORE MOBILE OR FIXED HIGH-SPEED CAMERAS USED  IN COMBI-
 NATION  WITH  COMPUTER  ALGORITHMS TO   CONVERT IMAGES OF LICENSE PLATES
 INTO COMPUTER-READABLE DATA. THE DEPARTMENT OF  STATE  SHALL  POST  SUCH
 POLICY  ON  ITS WEBSITE, IN A LOCATION ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, AND ALL
 NON-LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES USING AUTOMATIC LICENSE  PLATE  READERS  IN
 THE STATE.
   (II)  RECOMMEND TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
 AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH  RESPECT  TO
 THE  ESTABLISHMENT  AND IMPLEMENTATION ON AN ONGOING BASIS OF A TRAINING
 PROGRAM FOR ALL CURRENT AND NEW EMPLOYEES OF NON-LAW  ENFORCEMENT  ENTI-
 TIES  REGARDING THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS
 PARAGRAPH, ALONG WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PERIODIC  RETRAINING  OF  SUCH
 EMPLOYEES.
   §  2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399-
 zzzzzz to read as follows:
   § 399-ZZZZZZ. DISCLOSURE OF THE MINIMUM STANDARDS POLICY FOR AUTOMATIC
 LICENSE PLATE READERS  BY  NON-LAW  ENFORCEMENT  ENTITIES.  ALL  NON-LAW
 ENFORCEMENT  AGENCIES USING AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEMS SHALL
 CONSPICUOUSLY POST THE MINIMUM STANDARDS    FOR  THE  USE  OF  AUTOMATIC
 LICENSE  PLATE  READER  SYSTEMS POLICY, PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO SUBPARA-
 GRAPH SEVENTEEN OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF  SECTION  NINE-
 TY-FOUR-A  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  ON  ITS WEBSITE, OR IF SUCH NON-LAW
 ENFORCEMENT ENTITY DOES NOT MAINTAIN A  WEBSITE,  IN  ITS  MAIN  OFFICE.
 SUCH  POLICY  SHALL  BE  MADE  AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEM"  SHALL
 MEAN A SYSTEM OF ONE OR MORE MOBILE OR FIXED HIGH-SPEED CAMERAS USED  IN
 COMBINATION    WITH COMPUTER ALGORITHMS   TO  CONVERT  IMAGES OF LICENSE
 PLATES INTO COMPUTER-READABLE DATA.
   § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
 rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act  on  its
 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
 effective date.