Bill Text: NY A04595 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of general services to require the fingerprinting of the employees of any contractor doing work on a state job or any facility at which official state business is conducted on a regular basis; such fingerprints may be submitted to the division of criminal justice services and the federal bureau of investigation for state and national criminal history record checks.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-03 - enacting clause stricken [A04595 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04595-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4595
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 3, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Governmental Operations
       AN ACT to amend the  executive  law,  in  relation  to  authorizing  the
         commissioner  of general services to fingerprint and process state and
         national criminal history checks on employees of contractors  perform-
         ing work on state premises
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 203 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
    2  closing paragraph to read as follows:
    3    NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR
    4  HER DESIGNEE IS AUTHORIZED TO  REQUIRE  THE  FINGERPRINTING  OF  PERSONS
    5  EMPLOYED  ON,  IN  OR  AT ANY FACILITY OWNED, LEASED, OR OPERATED BY THE
    6  STATE, OR ANY FACILITY AT WHICH OFFICIAL STATE BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED  ON
    7  A  REGULAR  BASIS,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE
    8  AUTHORIZED TO  REQUIRE  THE  FINGERPRINTING  OF  SUCH  PERSONS  ONLY  IN
    9  INSTANCES  WHERE  SUCH PERSONS WILL BE GIVEN ACCESS TO AREAS WITHIN SUCH
   10  FACILITIES THAT (A) ARE SECURED FOR THE PURPOSE OF  CONTROLLING  GENERAL
   11  PUBLIC  ACCESS,  OR (B) CONTAIN INFORMATION OF A CONFIDENTIAL NATURE AND
   12  THE FACILITY CANNOT BE ADEQUATELY CONTROLLED TO ENSURE THE  SECURITY  OF
   13  SUCH  INFORMATION.    PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT
   14  REQUIRE THE FINGERPRINTING OF PERSONS EMPLOYED AT ANY FACILITY UNDER THE
   15  JURISDICTION AND CONTROL OF  ANOTHER  STATE  AGENCY,  STATE  DEPARTMENT,
   16  PUBLIC  AUTHORITY  OR  PUBLIC  BENEFIT  CORPORATION  ABSENT  THE WRITTEN
   17  REQUEST OF THE HEAD OF THE  SUBJECT  AGENCY,  DEPARTMENT,  AUTHORITY  OR
   18  CORPORATION. SUCH FINGERPRINTS MAY BE SUBMITTED TO THE DIVISION OF CRIM-
   19  INAL  JUSTICE SERVICES AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOR STATE
   20  AND NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  PARA-
   21  GRAPH,  THE  TERM  "EMPLOYED"  SHALL MEAN THE PROVISION OF SERVICES AS A
   22  CONTRACTOR, INDEPENDENT  CONTRACTOR,  SUBCONTRACTOR  OR  CONSULTANT  AND
   23  INCLUDES  ALL  EMPLOYEES  OF  SUCH CONTRACTORS, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS,
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08682-01-5
       A. 4595                             2
    1  SUBCONTRACTORS AND CONSULTANTS; THE TERM APPLIES REGARDLESS  OF  WHETHER
    2  SUCH  PERSONS  RECEIVE  COMPENSATION  FOR  THEIR  SERVICES  AND THE TERM
    3  "INFORMATION OF A CONFIDENTIAL NATURE" SHALL MEAN:
    4    (1)  INFORMATION  OR  MATERIALS  THAT  ARE  SPECIFICALLY EXEMPTED FROM
    5  DISCLOSURE BY STATE OR FEDERAL STATUTE;
    6    (2) INFORMATION OR MATERIALS THAT ARE MAINTAINED AND KEPT IN THE ORDI-
    7  NARY COURSE OF STATE BUSINESS THAT  IF  DISCLOSED  WOULD  CONSTITUTE  AN
    8  UNWARRANTED  INVASION  OF  PERSONAL  PRIVACY, INCLUDING: (I) EMPLOYMENT,
    9  MEDICAL OR CREDIT HISTORIES OR PERSONAL  REFERENCES  OF  APPLICANTS  FOR
   10  EMPLOYMENT, (II) ITEMS INVOLVING MEDICAL OR PERSONAL RECORDS OF A CLIENT
   11  OR  PATIENT  IN A MEDICAL FACILITY, (III) INFORMATION OF PERSONAL NATURE
   12  WHEN DISCLOSURE WOULD RESULT IN ECONOMIC OR  PERSONAL  HARDSHIP  TO  THE
   13  SUBJECT PARTY, OR (IV) INFORMATION REPORTED IN CONFIDENCE TO AN AGENCY;
   14    (3) INFORMATION OR MATERIALS THAT IF DISCLOSED WOULD IMPAIR PRESENT OR
   15  IMMINENT CONTRACT AWARDS OR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS;
   16    (4)  INFORMATION  OR  MATERIALS  THAT  CONSIST OF TRADE SECRETS OR ARE
   17  SUBMITTED TO AN AGENCY BY A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE OR  ARE  DERIVED  FROM
   18  INFORMATION   OBTAINED  FROM  A  COMMERCIAL  ENTERPRISE  AND  WHICH,  IF
   19  DISCLOSED, WOULD CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL INJURY TO THE COMPETITIVE POSITION OF
   20  THE SUBJECT ENTERPRISE;
   21    (5) INFORMATION OR MATERIALS THAT ARE  COMPILED  FOR  LAW  ENFORCEMENT
   22  PURPOSES;
   23    (6)  INFORMATION  OR  MATERIALS THAT, IF DISCLOSED, WOULD ENDANGER THE
   24  LIFE OR SAFETY OF ANY PERSON;
   25    (7) INFORMATION OR MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN PREPARED BY STATE  EMPLOY-
   26  EES  AND  ARE  USED  TO  INFLUENCE  THE  DECISION  MAKING  OF ELECTED OR
   27  APPOINTED STATE OFFICIALS;
   28    (8) INFORMATION OR MATERIALS THAT ARE EXAMINATION QUESTIONS OR ANSWERS
   29  WHICH ARE REQUESTED PRIOR TO THE FINAL ADMINISTRATION OF SUCH QUESTIONS;
   30  OR
   31    (9) INFORMATION OR MATERIALS THAT CONSIST OF COMPUTER ACCESS CODES.
   32    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.