Bill Text: NY S05377 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a "yellow alert system" for law enforcement to publicize vehicle information in instances of hit-and-run accidents in which a person has been killed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S05377 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05377-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5377
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 29, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  the  creation  of  a
          "yellow alert system"
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 221 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4. When any police officer, peace officer  or  police  agency  in  the
     4  state  shall  receive  a  report  of  a  violation of subdivision two of
     5  section six hundred of the vehicle and  traffic  law  resulting  in  the
     6  death of a person, and there is a description of the vehicle or vehicles
     7  involved  or  of  the  operator or operators of such vehicle or vehicles
     8  involved in the violation of  such  subdivision,  such  police  officer,
     9  peace  officer or police agency shall, as appropriate, cause information
    10  concerning any such vehicle  or  vehicles  and  the  person  or  persons
    11  suspected   of  operating  such  vehicle  or  vehicles  to  be  promptly
    12  dispatched over the police communication system  within  the  geographic
    13  area requested by the law enforcement agency and may be broadcast to the
    14  public.   Police agencies not connected with the basic system may trans-
    15  mit such information to the nearest or most convenient electronic  entry
    16  point,  from  which point it shall be promptly dispatched, in conformity
    17  with the orders, rules or regulations governing the system. No  dispatch
    18  or  transmission  of  a  report  concerning any such vehicle or operator
    19  shall be required  by  this  subdivision  if  the  investigating  police
    20  department advises, in its discretion, that the release of such informa-
    21  tion  may  jeopardize  the  investigation  or the safety of a victim, or
    22  requests a reasonable forbearance for any reason.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    24  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10686-01-9