Bill Text: NY A08349 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires every business, individual, partnership, corporation, association, or state or local government non-law enforcement entity which uses an automatic license plate reader system to adopt a policy governing the use of such system and conspicuously post such policy on its website or place of business.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to consumer affairs and protection [A08349 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A08349-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8349 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY October 20, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring poli- cies for the use of automatic license plate reader systems The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 397-b to read as follows: 3 § 397-b. Policy for the use of automatic license plate reader systems. 4 1. As used in this section, "automatic license plate reader system" 5 shall mean a system of one or more mobile or fixed high-speed cameras 6 used in combination with computer algorithms to convert images of 7 license plates into computer-readable data. 8 2. A business, individual, partnership, corporation, association, or 9 state or local government non-law enforcement entity which uses an auto- 10 matic license plate reader system shall adopt a policy governing the use 11 of such system and conspicuously post such policy on its website, or if 12 the business, individual, partnership, corporation, association, or 13 state or local government non-law enforcement entity does not maintain a 14 website, in its main office or place of business. Such policy shall be 15 made available to the public upon request. 16 3. A policy adopted pursuant to subdivision two of this section shall 17 include, but not be limited to, provisions on permissible uses of the 18 automatic license plate reader technology, data sharing and dissem- 19 ination, prohibited use, record retention and management, and training. 20 4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to an electronic 21 toll collection system or associated transaction system or any component 22 thereof which is operated by a public authority for the purpose of 23 imposing and collecting tolls on a roadway within the state. 24 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 25 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13290-01-1