Bill Text: NY S04689 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires the municipal police training council to develop policies and procedures regarding the use of internet technology and the use of such technology to perpetuate harassment or other crimes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CODES [S04689 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S04689-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4689--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 20, 2019
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        Introduced by Sens. BIAGGI, CARLUCCI, HOYLMAN, SALAZAR -- read twice and
          ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
          Codes -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
          amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT to amend the executive law and the civil rights law, in relation
          to harassment through electronic communication

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

     1    Section 1. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6. The council shall, in addition:
     4    (a) Develop, maintain, and disseminate written policies and procedures
     5  regarding  current  internet  technology  and how such technology may be
     6  used to perpetrate harassment or other crimes. Such policies and  proce-
     7  dures  shall  make  provisions for the education and training of new and
     8  veteran police officers; and
     9    (b) Recommend to the governor, rules and regulations with  respect  to
    10  the  establishment  and implementation on an ongoing basis of a training
    11  program for all current and new police officers regarding  the  policies
    12  and  procedures  established  pursuant  to  this subdivision, along with
    13  recommendations for periodic retraining of police officers.
    14    § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 79-n of the civil rights law,  as  added
    15  by chapter 227 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
    16    2.  Any person who intentionally selects a person or property for harm
    17  or causes damage to the property of another [or], causes physical injury
    18  or death to another or commits harassment as defined in  section  240.25
    19  of  the penal law in whole or in substantial part because of a belief or
    20  perception regarding the race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender,
    21  religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation of a
    22  person, regardless of whether the belief or perception is correct, shall
    23  be liable, in a civil action or proceeding maintained by such individual

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01431-05-9
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     1  or group of individuals, for injunctive relief, damages,  or  any  other
     2  appropriate relief in law or equity. If it shall appear to the satisfac-
     3  tion  of the court or justice that the respondent has, in fact, violated
     4  this  section,  an  injunction  may  be issued by such court or justice,
     5  enjoining and restraining any further violation, without requiring proof
     6  that any person has, in fact, been injured or damaged thereby.
     7    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
     8  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.