Bill Text: NY S04808 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to personnel records of police officers, firefighters and correction officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO CODES [S04808 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04808-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4808
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 20, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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  personnel  records
         of police officers, firefighters and correction officers
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 50-a of the civil rights  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  516  of  the  laws  of 2014, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    1. All personnel records CREATED AND used SOLELY to evaluate  perform-
    5  ance  toward continued employment or promotion, under the control of any
    6  police agency or department of the state or  any  political  subdivision
    7  thereof  including  authorities or agencies maintaining police forces of
    8  individuals defined as police officers in section 1.20 of  the  criminal
    9  procedure  law  and  such personnel records under the control of a sher-
   10  iff's department or a department of correction of  individuals  employed
   11  as correction officers and such personnel records under the control of a
   12  paid fire department or force of individuals employed as firefighters or
   13  firefighter/paramedics  and  such personnel records under the control of
   14  the department of corrections and community supervision for  individuals
   15  defined  as  peace  officers  pursuant  to subdivisions twenty-three and
   16  twenty-three-a of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure  law  and  such
   17  personnel  records under the control of a probation department for indi-
   18  viduals defined as peace officers pursuant to subdivision twenty-four of
   19  section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law shall be considered confiden-
   20  tial and not subject to inspection or review without the express written
   21  consent of  such  police  officer,  firefighter,  firefighter/paramedic,
   22  correction officer or peace officer within the department of corrections
   23  and  community  supervision  or  probation  department  except as may be
   24  mandated by lawful court order.
   25    S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   26  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10107-02-5
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