Bill Text: NY S05950 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to including probation officers with respect to the confidentiality of personnel records of police officers, firefighters and correction officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-12-17 - SIGNED CHAP.516 [S05950 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S05950-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5950
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   October 11, 2013
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       Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to including probation
         officers with respect to the confidentiality of personnel  records  of
         police officers, firefighters and correction officers
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 50-a of the civil rights  law,  as
    2  amended  by  section 53 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
    3  of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
    4    1. All personnel records used to evaluate performance toward continued
    5  employment or promotion, under the  control  of  any  police  agency  or
    6  department  of  the state or any political subdivision thereof including
    7  authorities or agencies maintaining police forces of individuals defined
    8  as police officers in section 1.20 of the  criminal  procedure  law  and
    9  such  personnel records under the control of a sheriff's department or a
   10  department of correction of individuals employed as correction  officers
   11  and  such  personnel records under the control of a paid fire department
   12  or    force    of    individuals    employed    as    firefighters    or
   13  firefighter/paramedics  and  such personnel records under the control of
   14  the department of corrections and community supervision for  individuals
   15  defined  as  peace officers pursuant to subdivisions twenty-three [and],
   16  twenty-three-a AND TWENTY-FOUR of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure
   17  law shall be considered confidential and not subject  to  inspection  or
   18  review without the express written consent of such police officer, fire-
   19  fighter,  firefighter/paramedic,  correction  officer  or  peace officer
   20  within the department of corrections and community supervision except as
   21  may be mandated by lawful court order.
   22    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11765-02-3