Bill Text: NY S03196 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3196 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Directs the attorney general to review incidents where a civilian is killed by a police officer.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S03196 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03196-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3196
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 4, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sens. PARKER, BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Investigations
          and Government Operations
        AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to the authority of the
          attorney general to review incidents where a civilian is killed  by  a
          police officer
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 63 of the executive law is amended by adding a  new
     2  subdivision 17 to read as follows:
     3    17.  Review  any incident involving the conduct of a police officer in
     4  connection with the performance of his or her official  duties,  wherein
     5  such  conduct is alleged to have caused the serious injury or death of a
     6  civilian, within sixty days of  the  incident.  Upon  such  review,  the
     7  attorney  general  shall  determine  whether  the incident being brought
     8  forth will remain within the jurisdiction of the local  district  attor-
     9  ney's office or be prosecuted under the jurisdiction of a special prose-
    10  cutor appointed by the governor.
    11    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    12  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06115-01-9