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
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