Bill Text: NY A00185 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Directs the division of criminal justice services to publish a brochure describing the resources available to the general public for gathering criminal background information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-17 - REFERRED TO CODES [A00185 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A00185-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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185--A
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the division
of criminal justice services to publish a brochure describing the
resources available to the general public for gathering criminal back-
ground information on an individual
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 837 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 20 to read as follows:
3 20. PUBLISH, IN WRITING AND ON ITS WEBSITE, A BROCHURE DESCRIBING THE
4 RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR THE PURPOSE OF GATHERING
5 CRIMINAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL. THE BROCHURE SHALL
6 OUTLINE THE AVAILABLE DATABASES AS WELL AS PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS FOR
7 THEIR USE AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ASSISTANCE IN USING THE DATABASES.
8 SUCH BROCHURE SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION ON THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
9 AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION PAROLEE AND INMATE LOOKUP, THE SUBDIRECTORY OF
10 SEX OFFENDERS MAINTAINED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-Q
11 OF THE CORRECTION LAW, THE SPECIAL TELEPHONE NUMBER MAINTAINED PURSUANT
12 TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-P OF THE CORRECTION LAW, THE OFFICE
13 OF COURT ADMINISTRATION CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD SEARCH, THE DEPARTMENT
14 OF JUSTICE NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER PUBLIC WEBSITE AS WELL AS ANY OTHER
15 AVAILABLE DATABASES. THE DIVISION SHALL DISTRIBUTE AT NO COST A COPY OF
16 THE BROCHURE CREATED BY THIS SECTION TO ALL YOUTH SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS
17 THAT HAVE REGISTERED WITH THE DIVISION PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO-A OF
18 SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-P OF THE CORRECTION LAW AS WELL AS MAKE
19 THE PUBLICATION AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBSITE.
20 S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
21 have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately the
22 division of criminal justice services may and hereby is authorized to
23 promulgate any rules and regulations consistent with this act as may be
24 necessary to assure the effective implementation of this act.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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