Bill Text: NY A09109 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the nondisclosure of an individual reporting a violation of a local law or ordinance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-21 - referred to codes [A09109 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09109-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9109

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 21, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes

        AN  ACT  to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the nondis-
          closure of an individual reporting a violation of a local law or ordi-
          nance

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (c)  of subdivision 1 of section 245.20 of the
     2  criminal procedure law, as added by section 2 of part LLL of chapter  59
     3  of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (c)  The  names and adequate contact information for all persons other
     5  than law  enforcement  personnel  whom  the  prosecutor  knows  to  have
     6  evidence or information relevant to any offense charged or to any poten-
     7  tial  defense  thereto,  including a designation by the prosecutor as to
     8  which of those persons may be called as  witnesses;  provided,  however,
     9  nothing  in  this  paragraph shall require the disclosure of the name or
    10  contact information for any individual reporting a violation of a  local
    11  law or ordinance. Nothing in this paragraph shall require the disclosure
    12  of  physical  addresses; provided, however, upon a motion and good cause
    13  shown the court may direct the disclosure of a physical address.  Infor-
    14  mation  under  this subdivision relating to a confidential informant may
    15  be withheld, and redacted from discovery materials, without need  for  a
    16  motion  pursuant  to section 245.70 of this article; but the prosecution
    17  shall notify the defendant in writing that such information has not been
    18  disclosed, unless the court rules otherwise for good cause shown.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however that if
    20  section 2 of part LLL of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019 shall  not  have
    21  taken  effect on or before such date, then section one of this act shall
    22  take effect on the same date and in the same manner as such section 2 of
    23  part LLL of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, takes effect.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14504-01-9