Assembly Bill A7158

Vetoed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the release of personnel records or information contained therein of first responders

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

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2013-A7158 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4818
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §50-a, Civ Rts L

2013-A7158 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the release of personnel records or information contained therein of first responders; allows such release upon the authorization of the subject employee.

2013-A7158 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7158

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 3, 2013
                               ___________

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

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:

  Section  1.  Subdivisions  1 and 4 of section 50-a of the civil rights
law, subdivision 1 as amended by section 53 of subpart B of  part  C  of
chapter  62  of the laws of 2011 and subdivision 4 as amended by chapter
778 of the laws of 1981, are amended and two new subdivisions  5  and  6
are added to read as follows:
  1. All personnel records used to evaluate performance toward continued
employment  or  promotion,  OR  INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN, 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 twen-
ty-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, fire-
fighter, firefighter/paramedic,  correction  officer  or  peace  officer
within the department of corrections and community supervision except as
may be mandated by lawful court order.
  4.  The  provisions  of  this  section shall not apply to any district
attorney or his OR HER assistants, the attorney general or  his  OR  HER

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10235-01-3

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