Assembly Bill A2139

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Authorizes prosecuting agency to move to have identity of undercover public officers and employees protected while testifying in court

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A2139 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2174
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §50-a, Civ Rts L; amd §60.15, CP L; add §343.6, Fam Ct Act; add R4516-a, CPLR
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3512, S2117
2011-2012: A4872, S1751
2015-2016: A2796, S1467
2017-2018: A4096, S224
2019-2020: A851

2013-A2139 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the people in a criminal proceeding, the presentment agency in a juvenile delinquency proceeding and a governmental agency or public employer in a civil enforcement action to move to protect the identity, address and any other identifying information of any witness who is an undercover public officer or employee when the disclosure of the identity of such officer or employee would endanger the officer's life or employee's life or compromise his or her continued effectiveness.

2013-A2139 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2139

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, COLTON, HOOPER -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend the civil rights law, the criminal procedure law, the
  family court act and the civil practice law and rules, in relation  to
  protecting the identity of undercover public officers and employees

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 50-a of the civil rights  law,  as
amended  by  section 53 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  1. All personnel records used to evaluate performance toward continued
employment or promotion, under the  control  of  any  police  agency  or
department  of  the state or any political subdivision thereof including
authorities or agencies maintaining police forces of individuals defined
as police officers in section 1.20 of the  criminal  procedure  law  and
such  personnel records under the control of a sheriff's department or a
department of correction of individuals employed as correction  officers
and  such  personnel records under the control of a paid fire department
or    force    of    individuals    employed    as    firefighters    or
firefighter/paramedics  and  such personnel records under the control of
the department of corrections and community supervision for  individuals
defined  as  peace  officers  pursuant  to subdivisions twenty-three and
twenty-three-a of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure  law  shall  be
considered  confidential and not subject to inspection or review without
the  express  written  consent  of  such  police  officer,  firefighter,
firefighter/paramedic,  correction  officer  or peace officer within the
department of corrections and community supervision  except  as  may  be
mandated by lawful court order.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, PERSONNEL
RECORDS SHALL INCLUDE ANY REPORT, PAPER, PICTURE, PHOTOGRAPH, COURT FILE
OR OTHER DOCUMENT, IN THE CUSTODY OR POSSESSION OF ANY PUBLIC OFFICER OR

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

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