Bill Text: NY S03887 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the creation of a system of uniform identification cards for police and peace officers by the commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services; details information to be included in such ID cards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S03887 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S03887-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3887
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 26, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  BALL  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
         ty and Military Affairs
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  the  creation  of  a
         system of uniform identification cards for police and peace officers
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 719 to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 719. UNIFORM IDENTIFICATION CARDS FOR POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS.  1.
    4  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A STATEWIDE DATABASE FOR
    5  THE PURPOSE OF CREATING, DISTRIBUTING AND MONITORING UNIFORM IDENTIFICA-
    6  TION CARDS FOR ALL POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS IN THE STATE AS SUCH  OFFI-
    7  CERS  ARE  DEFINED  IN  SECTIONS 1.20 AND 2.10 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
    8  LAW.  THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH  THE  DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL
    9  JUSTICE  SERVICES,  SHALL  PROVIDE  FOR  THE TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION
   10  CONTAINED IN THE REGISTRIES MAINTAINED PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED
   11  FORTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER.   THE COMMISSIONER MAY  REQUIRE  THE  TRANS-
   12  MISSION  OF  SUCH  INFORMATION  AS HE DEEMS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH THE
   13  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   14    2. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION  WITH  THE  DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL
   15  JUSTICE  SERVICES,  SHALL  DEVELOP AND DISTRIBUTE UNIFORM IDENTIFICATION
   16  CARDS TO ALL POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS IN THIS STATE WHICH SHALL CONTAIN
   17  ALL THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   18    (A) A PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND THE PERSON'S BADGE NUMBER, IF
   19  APPLICABLE;
   20    (B) THE INDIVIDUAL'S HEIGHT, WEIGHT, EYE COLOR, SEX AND RACE;
   21    (C) THE TOWN, VILLAGE, CITY, COUNTY, DEPARTMENT,  DISTRICT,  DIVISION,
   22  AGENCY  OR  MUNICIPALITY THAT THE PERSON IS A VOLUNTEER WITH OR EMPLOYED
   23  FOR;
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07288-01-3
       S. 3887                             2
    1    (D) A DIGITIZED PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PERSON THAT SHALL  BE  THE  PERSON'S
    2  DRIVER'S LICENSE PHOTOGRAPH AND SHALL BE OBTAINED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
    3  MOTOR VEHICLES;
    4    (E) A DISTINCTIVE MARK OR SYMBOL WHICH DESIGNATES THE PERSON'S SPECIAL
    5  EXPERTISE, TRAINING AND RANK, IF APPLICABLE;
    6    (F) THE NEW YORK STATE SEAL;
    7    (G) ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE DIRECTOR DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
    8    3.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ESTABLISH  PROCEDURES  FOR DIRECTING THE
    9  RETURN OF IDENTIFICATION CARDS WHEN A PERSON'S EMPLOYMENT OR ASSOCIATION
   10  WITH THE TOWN, VILLAGE, CITY, COUNTY,  DEPARTMENT,  DISTRICT,  DIVISION,
   11  AGENCY  OR  MUNICIPALITY  FOR  WHICH THEY VOLUNTEER WITH OR WORK FOR HAS
   12  ENDED AND FOR PLACING AN ALERT IN THE DATABASE WHERE  A  CARD  HAS  BEEN
   13  LOST  OR  STOLEN  AND  ANY ACTION THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS NECESSARY UNDER
   14  SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES.
   15    4. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND  REGULATIONS  NECESSARY
   16  TO  OBTAIN  THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE DATABASE REQUIRED
   17  BY THIS SECTION, ISSUE UNIFORM IDENTIFICATION CARDS, ENSURE  THAT  DIGI-
   18  TIZED  PHOTOGRAPHS  ARE  RECENT AND ESTABLISH PROGRAMS OR INITIATIVES TO
   19  SUPPLEMENT SUCH SYSTEM FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF  IMPROVING  LAW  ENFORCEMENT
   20  SECURITY.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  CONSULT AND COMPLY WITH ANY FEDERAL
   21  LAWS, RULES, REGULATIONS OR STANDARDS  PERTAINING  TO  THE  ISSUANCE  OF
   22  UNIFORM LAW ENFORCEMENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS.
   23    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
   24  have become a law.