Bill Text: NY A08824 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 8824

Introduced

Bill Title: Empowers district attorneys to review and release at their discretion, all footage from body worn cameras utilized by law enforcement agencies within the county of such district attorney.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-18 - referred to local governments [A08824 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08824-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8824

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 18, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. GIBBS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Local Governments

        AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to the powers and duties  of
          district attorneys

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 700 of the county law is amended by  adding  a  new
     2  subdivision 12 to read as follows:
     3    12. Every district attorney shall have the power to review all footage
     4  from  body  worn cameras utilized by law enforcement agencies within the
     5  county of such district attorney. A district attorney  may  release  any
     6  such  footage  at  the  discretion  of  such district attorney or at the
     7  request of a local, state or federal investigative agency.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13881-02-3