Bill Text: NY S00243 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes no public entity, nor any officer or employee thereof, shall require a person's social security number to appear on certain public records.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO CODES [S00243 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S00243-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          243
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sens. MAZIARZ, DeFRANCISCO, DIAZ, JOHNSON, LANZA, LIBOUS,
         RANZENHOFER, SALAND, SKELOS, YOUNG -- read twice and ordered  printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to establishing social
         security numbers shall not appear on certain public records
         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    S  50-F.  PRIVACY  OF  PUBLIC RECORDS. 1. A. NO PUBLIC ENTITY, NOR ANY
    4  OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE THEREOF, SHALL REQUIRE A  PERSON'S  SOCIAL  SECURITY
    5  NUMBER TO APPEAR ON THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC RECORDS:
    6    (I) MORTGAGES;
    7    (II) JUDGMENTS;
    8    (III) UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE FILINGS;
    9    (IV) DEATH CERTIFICATES;
   10    (V) VETERAN'S DISCHARGES; OR
   11    (VI) STATE TAX WARRANTS.
   12    B.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT PROHIBIT A PUBLIC
   13  ENTITY, IN ITS DISCRETION, FROM ENTERING INTO AGREEMENTS WITH ANY  OTHER
   14  PUBLIC  ENTITIES  FOR THE PROVISION OF A PERSON'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
   15  WHEN NECESSARY TO FURTHER THE PUBLIC ENTITY'S OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS.
   16    2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF  LAW,  A  PUBLIC  ENTITY  IN
   17  RECEIPT OF A REQUEST FOR A RECORD WHICH CONTAINS A PERSON'S SOCIAL SECU-
   18  RITY  NUMBER  SHALL REJECT SUCH A REQUEST IF SUCH ENTITY DETERMINES THAT
   19  THE RECORD SOUGHT WOULD, IF DISCLOSED, BE USED FOR ANY COMMERCIAL, ILLE-
   20  GAL OR ANY OTHER UNRELATED PURPOSE.
   21    3. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "PUBLIC ENTITY" MEANS  ANY  STATE  OR
   22  LOCAL  DEPARTMENT,  AGENCY,  BOARD, BUREAU, DIVISION, COMMISSION, PUBLIC
   23  AUTHORITY, PUBLIC BENEFIT  CORPORATION,  OFFICE,  OR  ANY  OTHER  ENTITY
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01663-01-1
       S. 243                              2
    1  PERFORMING  A  GOVERNMENTAL OR PROPRIETARY FUNCTION FOR THE STATE OR ANY
    2  OF ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
    3    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    4  it  shall  have  become  a  law.  Any rules and regulations necessary to
    5  implement the provisions of this act on its effective date  are  author-
    6  ized and directed to be promulgated on or before such effective date.