Bill Text: NY S07932 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7932 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to videotaping uniformed personnel in the course of carrying out their professional duties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-07-31 - REFERRED TO RULES [S07932 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07932-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7932
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     July 31, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend  the  civil  rights  law,  in  relation  to  videotaping
         uniformed  personnel  in the course of carrying out their professional
         duties
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  civil  rights law is amended by adding a new section
    2  79-o to read as follows:
    3    S 79-O. RIGHT TO VIDEOTAPE UNIFORMED  PERSONNEL.  1.  ANY  PERSON  MAY
    4  VIDEOTAPE  UNIFORMED  PERSONNEL  IN  THE  COURSE  OF  CARRYING OUT THEIR
    5  DUTIES, AS LONG AS SUCH PERSON DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH UNIFORMED PERSON-
    6  NEL FROM CARRYING OUT THEIR DUTIES.
    7    2. "UNIFORMED PERSONNEL" AS USED IN THIS SECTION, SHALL  MEAN  POLICE,
    8  FIREFIGHTERS, EMERGENCY TECHNICIANS AND PARAMEDICS.
    9    3.  A  PERSON  WHO  IS  PREVENTED  OR  PROHIBITED FROM VIDEOTAPING, AS
   10  DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,  BY  UNIFORMED  PERSONNEL,
   11  MAY  RECOVER  DAMAGES  IN THE AMOUNT OF TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER
   12  VIOLATION.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15685-01-4