Bill Text: NY A04359 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4359 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the confidentiality of the identity of undercover officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to codes [A04359 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04359-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4359
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 4, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MONTESANO  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          GIGLIO, LAWRENCE, PALUMBO -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
          on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to the confidentiality
          of the identity of an undercover officer
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The civil rights law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
     2  50-f to read as follows:
     3    §  50-f. Identity of an undercover officer. The identity of any under-
     4  cover officer shall be confidential if such  disclosure  would  endanger
     5  the officer or compromise the officer's effectiveness. No report, paper,
     6  picture,  photograph,  court  file or other documents, in the custody or
     7  possession of any public officer or employee, which identifies  such  an
     8  officer,  shall  be made available for public inspection. No such public
     9  officer or employee shall disclose any portion of any police  report  or
    10  other document which tends to identify such a person without the express
    11  written  consent  of such undercover officer or being mandated by lawful
    12  court order.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08270-01-9