Establishes a voluntary surveillance access database where residential homeowners and business owners may elect to have information and/or images obtained from their closed-circuit television or other electronic surveillance systems made available to law enforcement agencies.

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A9380-2011 Actions

• Aug 1, 2012: signed chap.287
• Jul 20, 2012: delivered to governor
• Jun 21, 2012: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 21, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 21, 2012: 3RD READING CAL.1449
• Jun 21, 2012: SUBSTITUTED FOR S7775
• Jun 21, 2012: REFERRED TO RULES
• Jun 21, 2012: delivered to senate
• Jun 21, 2012: passed assembly
• Jun 20, 2012: ordered to third reading rules cal.478
• Jun 20, 2012: rules report cal.478
• Jun 20, 2012: reported
• Jun 20, 2012: reported referred to rules
• Jun 18, 2012: reference changed to codes
• Jun 18, 2012: print number 9380b
• Jun 18, 2012: amend and recommit to governmental operations
• May 22, 2012: print number 9380a
• May 22, 2012: amend and recommit to governmental operations
• Feb 24, 2012: referred to governmental operations

A9380-2011 Votes

A9380-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                    9380

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                              February 24, 2012
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
    Committee on Governmental Operations

  AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a  volun-
    tary surveillance access database

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 718 to
  read as follows:

    S 718. VOLUNTARY SURVEILLANCE ACCESS DATABASE. 1. THE  DIVISION  SHALL
  ESTABLISH  A  VOLUNTARY SURVEILLANCE ACCESS DATABASE TO BE MADE ACCESSI-
  BLE, UPON REQUEST, TO ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR  CRIMINAL  INVESTI-
  GATIVE PURPOSES.
    2.  RESIDENTIAL HOME OWNERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS WHO MAINTAIN A CLOSED-
  CIRCUIT TELEVISION OR OTHER ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM MAY ELECT  TO
  MAKE  SUCH INFORMATION AND/OR IMAGES OBTAINED FROM SUCH SYSTEM AVAILABLE
  TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THROUGH SUCH  DATABASE;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
  SUCH  LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SHALL OBTAIN SUCH OWNER'S PERMISSION, PRIOR
  TO EACH INSTANCE IN WHICH SUCH AGENCY SEEKS TO  OBTAIN  ACCESS  TO  SUCH
  OWNER'S SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.  SUCH OWNERS MAY WITHDRAW FROM THE DATABASE
  AT ANY TIME.
    3.  ANY INFORMATION OR IMAGE OBTAINED FROM SUCH DATABASE SHALL BE KEPT
  CONFIDENTIAL  AND  SHALL  NOT  BE  MADE  AVAILABLE  FOR  DISCLOSURE   OR
  INSPECTION UNDER THE STATE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW.
    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
  ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
  necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
  authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
  effective date.


   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD14235-03-2